Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lowell House best Eliot, 47 to 37, in 'A' league basketball last night to tighten its hold on first place in the league. The Elephants' Dan Steiner was high scorer with 14 points, followed by Larry Corser of Lowell with ten, Kirkland and Dudley had previously been tied with Lowell for first place...
...election was a great personal triumph for vibrant Prime Minister Nehru. In 18,056 miles of campaigning and 720 speeches, he baldly confronted the holy men and nobles in their home grounds, and strove mightily to break their hold on the minds of India's teeming millions. He also worked hard to keep his dream for India unsullied by political trafficking. Confronted with dissatisfaction over the squabbling and nepotism within his own sprawling Congress Party and with growing discontent over the worst agricultural conditions in a century, Nehru might have made things easier for himself by a step obvious...
...Britain's two chief national news services, the Exchange Telegraph and Press Association. On the wire was a royal press office man who said calmly: "Here is an announcement from Buckingham Palace." In a few words, he said that King George VI had died, told the agencies to hold the news until 10:45 to allow time for other official notices to get through. But the news traveled faster than the royal press office had expected. Less than five minutes after the deadline, it was already in the U.S. and flashing around the world. Thus, it was an East...
...unfriendly game of cards. Forever inviting guests, the duke is an outrageous host. The wine they admire, he knows will not "travel." Wheedled out of him and carted home, it tastes like vinegar. The villa's glittering bathrooms are tiled with condescending instructions: "Press handle down, hold for one minute and release with a slight jerk." The ten-year-old footman has been taught to speed departing guests with the final salute: "You-goddamned-son-of-a-bitch...
...committee criticized Mather for writing a letter to clergymen asking them to hold meetings to get acquainted with Struik...