Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their men being equal to the British or our own U.S. naval personnel. I've been privileged to know many British and American admirals, including such charmers as Britain's Admiral Tennant and our own beloved Admiral Halsey. Free China's Admiral G. John Ma can hold his own with any of them...
...hour ahead of schedule. The pilot radioed ahead for instructions, and the word came back: slow down. By the time the plane touched ground at Travis Air Force Base and taxied into the television and newsreel lights one night last week, everything was in readiness. Air police tried to hold back a cheering crowd of 500. As soon as the ramp was lowered, a beaming woman hurried up into the outstretched arms of her husband. There, in the relative privacy of the big plane, Major General William F. Dean and his wife embraced. When they emerged, smiling, a few moments...
...Though it was decided to hold back the amendments out of deference to the Senator, and though the Wall Street Journal subsequently set off a wave of criticism from U.S. industry by publishing them, the President personally assured...
...ready to fight. But on the whole, the foreigners were impressed. Said Sir John Harding, chief of the British Imperial General Staff: "The allied program of giving weapons to Yugoslavia can go ahead." Said Major General Charles Palmer, chief of staff of U.S. Army Field Forces: "They took hold of American equipment in good shape, even though they had some of it only a short time...
...Miss Radcliffe, who will hold her coveted title for one year, will be regaled with gifts from Square and Boston merchants. The new requirement for the coming title holder will be "wholesomeless" Previously, contestants were judged solely on face and sure...