Word: holding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Over the next few weeks, the University's top brass are slated to hold a series of meetings to determine the form of the proposed fundraising campaign. Their decisions will likely set the course for Harvard well into the next decade...
Almost all of the Harvard schools have planned individual fund drives which have been put on hold until the decision about a comprehensive effort is reached...
Resolution lay in a "heated and frank" discussion at a master-sponsored house dialogue, publishing the truth about both parties actions at the Mather dance, and in a realization of the difficulty of truly accepting the rights of others to do something as fundamental as kiss or hold hands with another in public. But it is a necessary, absolute acceptance...
...Tiananmen Square cannot eradicate the impression that most of the world is emulating the Western form of government -- or wants to desperately, even to the point of death. Not only the Communist bloc is awash in democratic ferment; nine Latin American nations have held or are scheduled to hold free elections in 1989. For the first time in memory, there is reason to hope that the doddering Communist Party boss in his shapeless dark suit may be as much an anachronism as the strutting military strongman with his chestful of ersatz ribbons...
...Mick wanted to cruise the night life; individual ambitions ran contrary to the good of the band. Whatever it was, it seemed likely that they had been together too long -- 27 years, to be exact. So when Slipping Away begins and the husky fragility of Richards' vocal takes instant hold, it is clear that this is more than just a good closer for a record. Richards takes the lead for once, and Jagger glides in on harmony. It's a political gesture, a way of dealing with all that friction, even as it's being moved out front...