Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...indispensable basis for any law that would secure justice and freedom and equality is its identity, both in inception and in execution, with the principles of Christian conduct . .. [The] Declaration of Independence [says]: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' . . . Thus we assert our conviction of the divine source of a set of absolute spiritual values, and with it we express a conviction that these values must...
While he lived at home, the soldier tried hard but vainly to hold his family together. Later, serving with the Army in Japan, he attempted to make a new life of his own, married a Japanese girl. Their baby died of polio before she was a year old, and shortly afterward he and his wife separated. Then he was sent to Korea to fight for the United Nations...
...third day, 430 Chinese P.W.s turned up for explanations, but lashed at the explainers, spat at them, kicked at their shins and bellies, until Indian guards were called on to hold them back. The Communists too were tougher: they tried to coerce the P.W.s in violation of the neutral commission ground rules, and they were not always stopped by the Indian chairmen. "We have 90 days to explain to you," one explainer said, "and we will talk to you time and again if you don't come with us now." One lied: "Taiwan has been overrun and Chiang...
...Into the Agriculture Department's conference room crowded almost 100 reporters to hear about the department's new reorganization plans. "The Secretary," announced Benson's press officer, "will start off the presentation, then Assistant Secretary [Earl] Coke will follow with details and present some slides. Please hold your questions until we get through the presentation." Forty-five minutes later, when the lights snapped on, there was little time left for reporters to question Benson about his controversial farm program. As Benson marched from the room, it was clear that for him-if not for the newsmen...
Dick Oehmler broke loose for a 70-yard touchdown run in the last quarter of the Dartmouth-Crimson junior varsity football game at Soldiers Field yesterday, but the Big Green matched the tally to hold...