Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senate subcommittee investigating the right of Joe McCarthy to hold his Senate seat was doing just fine-carefully accomplishing nothing, in the proper election-year spirit-if Joe had only had the sense to keep quiet. But McCarthy bulled his way into the act, charging that the subcommittee was "dishonest," that its expenses were "picking the pockets of the taxpayers." That led to a heated debate in the Senate last week on whether or not to continue the investigation...
Some claim that the captain had sworn not to tell what he was carrying; some, that he never knew. One thing was certain: if the cargo lashed down in the hold of the brig Télémaque that January night in 1790 was really nails and tar, as the manifest stated, it was wrapped in astonishing secrecy. As the little vessel passed the Seineside village of Villequier on her way to Le Havre and the open sea, a cutter of the revolutionary government decided to investigate, and ordered the Télémaque to heave to. Instead...
...many a businessman, the steel dispute brought into focus the sad record of WSB to date. It is composed of 18 men-six representing labor, six industry, and six "the public." The six "public" members, who hold the balance of power, are mostly professional arbiters and theoretically impartial. In practice, their major decisions have been almost all prolabor. Examples...
...Eisenhower and Taft hold very similar views on domestic policy and if Ike were elected president, Taft would do most of the writing on domestic policy and legislation," Earl M. Kulp '52, President of the Eisenhower-for-President Club, said last night...
Another feature, not on the movie subject, is a bright take-off by Arlen on Funny Coincidences columns. It almost makes up for his other story. The cartoons and sketches by John Updike, Charles Robinson and Lewis Gifford hold a pretty high level. Gifford's cover, again, is colorful and eye-catching...