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Word: holdful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Both Gulf Oil Co. and Sun Oil Co. told the House Government Operations Committee's energy subcommittee that while they plan to hold prices as low as possible, they will not make any promises...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oil Firms Testify | 9/18/1979 | See Source »

...pitch is usually mastered in desperation by aging veterans. Joe started as a fireballer who played with the Chicago Cubs in 1967, then bounced around from club to club as his fastball faded. In 1972, when he was sent to the minors, those backyard sessions finally asserted their hold: Joe perfected the knuckleball. In 1975 he joined the Astros, who now have a flutter at the pennant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baffling Batters with Butterflies | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...soul, and try and get a little closer to the image of that remarkable man of genius." Yevtushenko does not want to act again. But he is eager to direct a film, preferably one with the same boyhood-in-Siberia theme as his first novel. He'll probably hold out for points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 17, 1979 | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...couldn't sustain any threat in the 2000-meter contest. Senior Charlie Altekruse, the Harvard captain this year, says, "We knew even before the Sprints that they were a big, strong crew and they could take it out early. That's what they did. They were able to hold on in the middle of the race, and in such a short race, they could push...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: That Ol' Thames River Magic--Again | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...Altekruse notes that such a strategy would not work as well in the four-mile Sexton Cup encounter. "We knew that in a four-mile race, if we could hold them in the middle two miles, they couldn't be so psyched to pull away at the end," he says...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: That Ol' Thames River Magic--Again | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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