Word: holding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women, this year, the final barriers have been broken. Now, at the highest levels, women are running the Harvard administration. In February Judith Hope became the first woman member of the Corporation. Sally Zeckhauser was appointed vice president for administration last year, the first woman to hold a top Mass Hall post. Women now hold 58 percent of the executive, administrative and managerial slots...
...answering machine had provided Rob with hours of entertainment. He loved to make up cute messages, and my personal favorite was the one that went, "Hello? [five second pause] Hold on, I'll check. [five more seconds] Sorry, he's not here, but NEITHER ARE WE! [hysterical laughing] So please leave a message." Unoriginal as it may be, that one received some priceless replies. However, we changed the message pretty soon...
...debated whether the figures foreshadowed merely sluggish growth or a genuine recession. Bullish investors initially set off a rally Friday on the assumption that inflation might no longer be a danger and the Federal Reserve Board would soon allow interest rates to fall. But fear of a slump took hold later in the day, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 2381.96 at the closing bell, down 2.94 points for the day and 36.84 for the week...
...worried that the acquisition of Ogilvy would depress WPP's earnings, since the debt assumed to complete the deal could become a burden on the company. Sorrell argues that the two agencies would complement each other. While WPP's Thompson group is strong in Japan, Ogilvy has a firm hold on the European market...
There need to be governmental changes as well. The EAO, now just a department within the Ministry of Culture, should be raised to full ministerial status. The agency cannot hold its own politically against the Ministry of Tourism, which favors expanded access to ancient sites. At the same time, the standing of Egypt's poorly paid archaeologists should be elevated...