Word: holding
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Following the Saturday exhibition, Kasparov will give a brief lecture, hold a press conference, Edelman said...
...guilt byassociation."3 The accused were usually wives andmothers of "...solidly English stock and mostly`Puritan' religion" (Demos, p. 71). In thesecharacteristics, the accused did not deviate fromthe cultural norm. They did deviate in severalnoteable ways, however: most of the accused werethought to be poorly conditioned socially. Theydid not hold positions of high respect orauthority in the church or the other areas wherepower for women was deemed appropriate. This factprobably targetted them further, for they werethen perhaps perceived as wanting power, and notabove using any means to attain it (Demos, p.68).When society evaluated the accused witches, theissue of power...
...think it is very difficult to define [the policy] in terms that would hold up legally," said Tufts President Jean Mayer in a statement explaining why he abolished the policy "We are better off to examine things case by case," Mayer added...
...said the group will hold off on protest activity until after the City Council elections in November...
Ousted from office last June in an election dominated by corruption charges, Papandreou still heads Greece's Socialist Party. Following last week's decision on Papandreou, the coalition government of the conservative New Democracy Party and the Alliance of the Left decided to dissolve Parliament this week and hold new elections on Nov. 5. Papandreou has vowed to seek re- election to his seat...