Word: holding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stalemate. Behind much of the barbarism lies the ever-increasing desperation of both sides. Almost a year after Charles de Gaulle's return to power, a political solution in Algeria seems as far away as ever. In an effort to break the rebel hold over Algeria's Moslems, the French army has resettled more than a million of them in centralized, heavily guarded villages-a practice that Paul Delouvrier, De Gaulle's Delegate General in Algeria, last week ordered discontinued because "it might cause deterioration of the economic and psychological climate." But the casualties continue; there were...
...Indians on the continent ever to hold high political office is Sir Amar Nath Maini, Uganda's Minister of Corporations and Regional Communications. Says he: "I know perfectly well that to take office under the British administration means to take the political kiss of death. But what's the alternative? Integration? This 'We-demand-no-special-rights, we-just-want-to-be-brown-Africans' attitude won't get us anywhere. The Syrians tried it in Ghana, and now they are being squeezed dry and flung out. We can come to terms with the African...
...prestrike position. Newhouse is now transferring Globe executives temporarily to other jobs within his chain, has managed to cut his out-of-pocket strike costs to some $20,000 a month. At that rate, with a dozen other moneymaking papers in his string, Newhouse can afford to hold out indefinitely. With the guild demanding to know in advance of Newhouse's reorganization plans so it can intercede for affected members, Newhouse refuses, insists on a free hand to make operational changes for efficiency's sake. "I'm not optimistic about an agreement," said Newhouse las.t week...
Thinking Boy's Filter. This week, plump with ads and solid with facts, the four regional editions of the Farm Journal dropped heavily into country mailboxes across the land. "Hold wool for higher prices," it briskly warned. "Finish selling wheat. Prices are at their peak." As always, the features were gingham-crisp; "New Pay-Offs with Plastic Mulch," "How to Sell Bulls for 30% More," and "Need Bees? Make a Bed for 'Em." The farmer's wife got a new recipe for Danish raspberry pie, and the farmer's daughter learned that if she had light...
...granting wage boosts, "the primary cause" of inflation. But not all steelmen were so sure that the industry could not freeze prices. Chairman Joseph Block of Inland Steel, one of the twelve companies negotiating, said that if the union held the line on wages, "that would enable us to hold the line on steel prices...