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Word: holding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...holiday, it was 12:45 amIn their cottage near his "Little White House,'' the ten newspapermen detailed to cover his activities were playing cards, listening to the radio or sleeping. At this point Marvin Mclntyre, who had previously telephoned to advise the correspondents to hold their "overnight" stories for a mysterious Presidential announcement, arrived with a handful of typewritten sheets which he proceeded to distribute. Ready for something remarkable, the reporters found the release up to their highest expectations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Midnight Mystery | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

...left. Republicans are sure of only three and have no better than an even chance in most of the rest. Of the 34 Senators up for election this year, Republicans have a fair chance of electing nine, but the fight between Rooseveltian and Conservative Democrats is likely to hold the centre of the stage. Anyhow, the Democratic majority in the Senate is so overwhelming that it would take until 1940 to upset it even if the G. O. P. were given an improbable series of clean sweep elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Elephant Boy | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

...Chiang Kaishek, "Wife of 1937," who is at Hong Kong while her husband, Generalissimo Chiang, directs the desperate resistance of China. "The strain on the Generalissimo now is gigantic, almost superhuman," said Mme Chiang last week. "I feel that I must do everything in my power to help him hold up under that strain, because I believe his leadership is vital right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Hunting Japanese | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

...Deal's harshest reform, the Public Utility Act ordered all utility holding companies to register with SEC under the penalty of being forbidden use of mails or other facilities of interstate commerce. SEC would then have power to control their financial transactions and, under the famed "death sentence" clause, to force simplification of any utility pyramid into a single geographically integrated system with only one intermediary company allowed between the top holding company and actual operating subsidiaries. When most of the utility business refused to register, SEC agreed to hold the Act in abeyance while it brought a test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: 6-to-1 | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

...Shaw and his orchestra have been selected to play at the 44th Annual Ball of the St. Paul's Catholic Club of Harvard. The dance will be hold Easter Monday Evening, April 18, in the Roof Ballroom of the Parker House in Boston. There will be continuous music from 10-3. All members of the University are cordially invited to attend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CATHOLIC CLUB PLANS DANCE | 3/31/1938 | See Source »

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