Word: holding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...riotous bloom of people power, Chinese-style, that took hold of Beijing last week began as a movement almost exclusively of students. But in one of those extraordinarily rare and historic occasions -- it was Karl Marx who gave such moments the classic definition "revolutionary praxis" -- a kind of instant solidarity appeared last Wednesday. It bound together the disparate groups -- students, workers, professionals, academics -- whose union China's leaders had long feared...
...robbery. For starters, Bush backed away from converting a temporary ban on the importation of assault-style rifles into a prohibition on the domestic manufacture of such weapons. Three-quarters of these lethal firearms are made in the U.S. Instead, Bush would outlaw only the manufacture of magazines that hold 15 or more rounds. Gun-control advocates and many police organizations argue that Bush's program falls far short of what is needed to keep lethal semiautomatics out of the hands of trigger-happy dope dealers and other criminals...
...Could you guys hold on a second," he said in a friendly, but firm, manner. "There's been an armed robbery...
...Police Review and Advisory Board had hoped to hold a hearing before student witnesses leave Cambridge for the summer and Williams graduates, said William R. Golon, the executive director and chief investigator of the board...
Williams said yesterday that he would prefer to hold a hearing at the end of June, rather than during the fall. Because the bus driver, Geoffrey J. McQuilken '91, will be in Cambridge over the summer, Williams said he believed there would be enough evidence to prove his side of the case...