Word: holding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senator Strom Thurmond and other Southern leaders in Atlanta in May of last year. The Southerners promised Nixon two things. First, they would protect Southern delegates for Nixon in the convention against the poaching of California's Governor Ronald Reagan. Second, they would do their best to hold the line in the general election against Alabama's George Wallace. In return, Nixon supposedly made certain promises, one of them being a guarantee to Strom Thurmond that he could name a Justice to the Supreme Court when the opportunity arose. If a quid pro quo arrangement was in fact...
...conferences. Nixon had mentioned the crucial nature of the next "couple of months," and Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott predicted that "you will have a new situation" if criticism subsides for 60 days. What that situation might be, or why Hanoi would be influenced by such a temporary, artificial hold-down of protest, was not explained. Senator John Tower suggested that if the Communists do not become more reasonable "over the next few days," the U.S. should consider resuming the bombing of North Viet Nam. Representative Bob Wilson, chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee, noted the endorsement given...
...have no idea how many people want to be the first to say that they're against the war." Ptashne said. "The problem is that they have trouble saying it on the floor of the Faculty. Their solution was to hold a convocation instead...
...year ago Penn broke a 25-game Brown winning streak by upsetting the Bruins, 4-0. But Brown ran off six straight victories to hold on to the title and now the Bruins must depend on all-Ivy forward Herman Ssebazza and a staff of 13 lettermen to repeat the feat...
Relying on its top seven men throughout the game. Quincy needed a fourth quarter touchdown and a disputed penalty to hold off the Lowell challenge. Star of the Quincy team was Jim Fabiani, who caught one touchdown pass and threw another to establish the winning margin...