Word: holding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Metropolitan Opera Company is presenting a ten day "season." Ranging in number from five in "La Boheme" to 52 in this Saturday's production of "Aida" they stand on the stage in mob scenes and where extras are needed, and get paid a dollar a performance. The following hold jobs...
...years ago air force chiefs throughout the world were gripped, fascinated by Mastery of the Air, a book by Italian General of Aviation Giulio Douhet. He has since died, but Mastery of the Air has become the standard text of thousands of young air officers in every land who hold with what is called "the Douhet theory." In effect this teaches that the civilian population of an attacked country, their homes, shops and municipal services, have become main military objectives of today-since aviation now permits an invading army to wage much of the war behind the enemy...
...French frontier, hoping to be permitted to leave Spain, were being turned back meanwhile by Leftist guards. Perhaps because Anarchists were thought to have the best stomach for such work, the Barcelona Government sent the recently jailed Anarchist leaders, Rosique and Cot, up to the French frontier to hold it against all refugees. Meanwhile, the bombers over Barcelona began dropping leaflets: "SURRENDER, OR PERISH...
...trip is arranged particularly for students desiring a general appreciation of the Near Eastern scene, Mather said, but Conant will hold special conferences and examinations for those wishing advanced credit...
...graduation, students interested in hearing about the real side of labor and politics will want to meet the Fellows. The university can easily recognize this chance of introducing the world to Harvard by inviting men to attend the Fellowship discussions and perhaps by inducing certain of the Fellows to hold informal chats occasionally...