Word: holding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...centuries, he had no regrets about leaving. "We were all suspected of being spies for Israel, but we did nothing, nothing . . . They are Nazis." The 2,500 Jews who remain in Iraq today live under a reign of terror. All must carry special identity cards; none are permitted to hold passports. Their phones have been confiscated, their mail opened, their businesses seized, bank accounts frozen. Few still hold jobs, all are closely watched by secret police...
...Time meant lives! Without a moment's hesitation, Comrade Chang Yu-liang jumped in. Chang Yu-liang took hold of Peasant Liu Kung-chen and used every ounce of strength to pass him up to the mouth of the pit. As he turned around and reached out to save the other peasant, he was overcome by the poisonous gas and fell into the pit with a splash." Thus did Chang meet his end, observed the People's Daily, sacrificing "his life in order to save his class brothers...
...study ways of reorganizing the council itself. Among the proposals the group will consider is whether to turn over some of the Geneva secretariat's functions to regional or national offices. Other decisions taken were to send Blake on a peace mission to the Middle East and to hold meetings later this year on how the church can do more to fight racism, poverty and disease around the world. To Blake, such enlightened concern seems ample evidence of the organized church's contemporary relevance. Despite currents of anti-institutionalism sweeping the globe, he finds more people than ever...
...varsity squash team will seek to hold off an upset minded Williams squad at Hemenway gymnasium this afternoon at 2 p.m. Earlier in the season Williams startled the squash world by pulling off a remarkable 5-4 upset of a highly touted Penn team at Williamstown. In that match Williams took each of the top five matches, while Penn's superior strength down below prevailed...
Money raised in an emergency drive here has enabled a black farmers' co-operative to hold its option on 40 acres of Mississippi land...