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Word: holding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lights are dimmed: enter Light Spirit (Thea F.L. Henry), who perches herself atop one of the boxes. Hold on a second. What is a Light Spirit and why in the world is it dancing on top of that black box? Could you have missed Professor Nagy's seminal lecture on the "Dancing Box Top Spirits...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Diary of a Mad Housewife | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

Brett Jamis, at 118 lbs., fought just to hold his man down all match and finally dug out a surprise pin in the last three seconds of the match...

Author: By Sandra Block, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Grapplers Pin Springfield, 26-18 | 12/7/1988 | See Source »

...trials in Iran have already been completed. This is no surprise considering that the Iranian judicial system dispenses with any testimony from the defense. Luckily, since a local version of Olliemania (Ali-mania) swept Iran, the Holy Court of Ayatollahs decided to break with tradition and hold a public trial. Special couriers have smuggled transcripts of this trial to the West, offering Americans a rare glimpse into the bizarre world of Persian justice. Printed below are highlights from the case, "Treacherous Infidels v. Holy State of Iran...

Author: By Matthew Pinsker, | Title: Iran-a-Muk | 12/6/1988 | See Source »

...Salinas has yet to show any such independence in his Cabinet appointments. He was putting young, foreign-educated technocrats in top economic positions, while maintaining the intransigent old guard of PRI leaders, who will resist any attempts to weaken the party's hold over the state in key political positions...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Mexico on the Brink | 12/6/1988 | See Source »

...need to do is to educate the public about what we as disabled women can do, and what our dreams and aspirations consist of," said Saxton, who is herself disabled by a curvature of the spine. "We need to persuade parents of disabled children that the future can hold for that child anything that she can aspire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 12/6/1988 | See Source »

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