Word: holds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...learned that the warehouse near the embassy was on fire. We began to wonder how long we could hold...
...them-moved up to the third floor, covering their retreat with tear gas. Radio contact was established with other areas of the embassy community. We were Dixie 14. Dixie 20 was Ambassador Arthur Hummel, who was at home. "I know you're uncomfortable in there, but just hold on and take it easy," Hummel said. He told us the Pakistani army was just a few minutes away...
Spokesmen for the Boston Committee to Defend Iranina Students added they will hold a "massive teach-in" on Iran sometime in the next two weeks. They also demanded an end to the deportation of Iranian students and a "cessation of Carter's war threats...
Only the round-robin rules, which allow two losses, saved Widerman from early elimination after an unexpected loss in third round action. With the score locked, 7-7, and only a minute remaining, Widerman escaped from a hold but his opponent, a central Connecticut grappler, scored on a takedown and squeaked through with the 9-8 victory...
...idea to get hold of the tests and analyze them was born in the brain of Dr. Robert Barendsen, a Far Eastern specialist in the USOE's Division of International Education. "In 1978 lots of Chinese students began appearing on our shores and we had to integrate them into our university system," he says. "Since we were just getting into the business of academic exchange with China and since these were the first nationally standardized tests since the Cultural Revolution we wanted to use them to get a feel for the kind of background college-level Chinese had in several...