Word: holding
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That unanimity crippled efforts by Wright and his allies to portray the report as a partisan Republican attempt to smear a powerful political opponent, and it tilted the odds against the Speaker. Only a few weeks ago, Wright had seemed likely to hold on to his job. Now close observers of Congress, such as lobbyists and Democratic powers outside the legislative chamber, think the best he can expect is to retain the speakership until late in the year, before being pushed into resignation. House Republican Whip Newt Gingrich, who first called for the Wright investigation, went even further, predicting that...
...staff implies that it knows what ROTC will agree to in the future. No one, including current ROTC leaders, can say what ROTC policy will be in future years. In addition, the staff's assertion that the military is the most inflexible arm of the government does not hold water, at least with respect to ROTC. ROTC has reached extremely innovative and flexible arrangements with colleges which have had qualms about outside interference with their curricula...
...must oppose discrimination, uphold Harvard's academic integrity and support greater access to higher education. Toward these ends, we call on the council to rescind its recommendation and the faculty and administration to hold to their past decision. Keep ROTC off this campus...
Castro said that he has been asked often why the celebration did not include May 5. "Ideally, we had planned to hold it next week and have the celebration on May 5, but it was reading period...
Armenians hold memorials on April 24 because the seven-year genocide began on that date in 1915, said Dork H. Alahydoian '89, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Armenian Club. He said the massacres eventually left nearly three-quarters of his people dead...