Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other touch action this afternoon, Dunster will face Dudley, as the Funsters attempt to better their 5-1 record and insure their hold on second place...
...Governor. In the race for governor of New Jersey, the result was less surprising. By Election Day, most observers agreed that the Jersey Republicans had kicked away their chance to hold the governorship (TIME. Nov. 2). Exposes of corruption, intraparty strife, a colorless candidate and an inept campaign put practically all of the local issues on the Democratic side. The Democrats ably seized the advantage and held it. Their nominee, Lawyer Robert Baumle Meyner, a bachelor from Phillipsburg (pop. 19,000), beat Republican Nominee Paul Troast, a wealthy building contractor, by 154,000 votes...
...heavy furniture and silk brocade walls and draperies, has refused to have it redecorated since. The only change he permits is the rehanging of his numerous paintings, and he insists on directing this himself, scrambling up stepladders with hammer and hooks in hand to fix the settings, while servants hold the heavy frames and family members hold their breaths, worrying about a fall...
Chester catches sight of his destiny in adolescent flashes of intuition. Standing in a tent show before a penny-dreadful melodrama, he feels the actor's hypnotic hold on the crowd, senses that his words too may one day sway and spellbind. Standing, on another day, atop a rain-drenched knoll with his Adventist father and nine of the faithful awaiting the second coming of Christ, he feels his faith oozing away. He turns to the prophets of social revolution, soaks up the teachings of Proudhon, Marx and Bakunin. and becomes a labor organizer. But a violent and bitter...
...United Nations Council will hold a mock UN General Assembly tonight at 7:15 in New Lecture Hall. Over 50 foreign students will represent their own countries at the meeting...