Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Soviets have an air of dynamism, they asserted, because they have attained a position of equal power with the United States in only 40 years. This show of "Operation Bootstrap" contrasts with the look America gives, that of trying to "hold fast" instead of advancing forward...
...power to force wages up even when demand is falling, and 2) Big Business' tendency to eliminate price competition, set profitable "administered prices," and restrict cornpetition to quality, styling, service, etc. The combined result, says Burns, is that instead of slipping downward when demand declines, prices tend to hold steady during economic downturns, or even go on creeping upward...
...away. To those who kept their eyes only on the official documents that passed back and forth between capitals, there was no change at all in Russia's basic, unacceptable terms; there was only a new hint, reversing Khrushchev's previous stand, at a willingness to hold four-power talks...
...problem of admissions criteria seems to consist of a choice between the proven scholar and the intelligent "all around" man. There is, of course, room for both, but serious disagreement exists as to the desirable mixture of these types in future classes. The exponents of one position, hold, in general, that Harvard is a place for scholarship, and admissions consideration should thus consider academic achievement as almost the sole basis for acceptance...
...number six player on coach Jack Barnaby's varsity, won the consolation singles tournament at the National Intercollegiate Championships and in doing so defeated a good number of top men from other college squads. Another demonstration of balance was given during the Yale match when the Crimson managed to hold Yale's top five--which had won the National Team Title only one week before--to a 3-2 split while winning the bottom four singles to take the match...