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Word: holdes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Twice in eleven years, in its anxiety to strengthen their hold on Eastern Europe, Russia has sought to snuff out Berlin's liberty. By their refusal to panic, their stouthearted willingness to risk economic hardship rather than accept subjection, Berliners have won the world's admiration. Today, in the tower of Berlin's City Hall, hangs the "Freedom Bell"-a copy of Philadelphia's Liberty Bell, given to Berlin by the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BERLIN: The Islanders | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...most efficient government of all. But the crucial fact remains that the Sardauna in the north rules a land of ancient walled cities and feudal emirs that is more than three times the size of the other two regions put together and in the next federal Parliament will hold 174 out of 320 seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: The Sardauna | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...believe it will happen again in the same way. It is no longer possible to escape the realization that the future of our public education is at stake, that the future of thousands upon thousands of wonderful young people depends on respect for the law. I hold a fundamental conviction that the South will intelligently and ably face, not to the illusory past, but to the high promise of our nation's future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Counter-Revolution | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...cash on hand so it will not have to go to market again immediately. The T-men felt that sweetening the issue with a higher interest rate would not have done much good. With the pickup in business, corporations can see other uses for the money, are reluctant to hold an issue for a year. They prefer shorter-term bills, even though the rates are lower (2½-2⅝%) until they can see where money rates are going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Higher Interest | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...House of Intellect, by Jacques Barzun. A thin, well-read line of intellectual heroes, says Columbia University's Barzun, must hold the past against artiness, scientism and coddled incompetents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: CINEMA | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

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