Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would get away with the evidence. When word of Zweifel's arrival with case and comment reached Houston, there was an immediate reaction from H. J. ("Jack") Porter, head of the Eisenhower delegation from Texas. Said he: "The Taft forces couldn't get enough documentation in the hold of the Queen Mary to justify their brazen steal of delegates in Texas...
...drama which will occupy many of the Republicans' hours in Chicago: the fight for 70* contested delegates from Texas and four other states. The first Chicago round of the battle began this week as the Republican National Committee started its deliberations on the contests. The committee will hold hearings and decide which delegates should be seated temporarily. Ikemen have reason to be concerned about the refereeing, for the national committee is solidly dominated by Taftmen...
...movement is not impossible. Truman is not talking on this subject, since he does not want to distract the country's attention from the Republicans' internal squabbles. Although generally a President's influence declines sharply once he announces he will not run again, Truman's hold on Democratic leaders continues remarkably strong because they acknowledge him as the smartest practical politician around. If Harry Truman turns out to have an enormous influence on the convention, it will not be a case of the delegates doing his bidding, but of their following his highly respected judgment...
...mountain rivers as much as half a mile wide. In such terrain the automatic ditching machines used on other pipeline projects were practically useless. It took blasting powder to cut through the rocks, steam shovels to ladle away the quicksands of the swamps, and three-ton concrete clamps to hold the pipe in place in the river currents...
...Catch. But there was a big catch. Nobody in Wall Street believed that the "private buyers" would hold on to their bonds. Many, perhaps most of them had simply taken what the Street calls a "free ride"; they had put down 10% to buy the bonds and by quickly selling them, they could skim a quick profit on the ⅜% premium which the bonds immediately brought in the open market.* Thus, most of the bonds ostensibly sold to private individuals would probably find their way to the banks in short order. They would provide the basis for a huge expansion...