Word: withholding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...obvious reasons, please withhold my name if this letter is printed...
...believe that it is God's divine purpose that His bountiful and all-sufficient gifts to us should be shared by all mankind, and that no nation or government should usurp or withhold from others a fair possession of His gifts...
...early '30s, when U. S. press services decided to withhold their news from radio, a short, stocky, ex-Worldman named Abe Schechter,* then in NBC's publicity department, was assigned the job of garnering enough items to provide Lowell Thomas with adequate scripts. Armed with only a telephone, Schechter proceeded to scoop the ears off many a paper. Often while reporters huddled in anterooms, Schechter, in the name of Lowell Thomas, was getting newsworthy statements over his wire. Before the press-radio feud was ended, he had correspondents all over the country. Even such eminents as Maryland...
...being headed by generals and admirals who have authority to decide what is and is not classified information for publication, are manned by officers of lower rank who cannot give out any information which might offend some cranky general or admiral. Result: the press sections of the services withhold much information that is already matter of public record (printed, for example, in the Congressional Record to which anyone can subscribe...
Professor Leach warmed up the experts by showing them the value, rare beauty and surprising number of prizes including a 500 pound dumbbell, a spangled hat, four encyclopedias, a happy hen and a raspberry. He reserved the right to withhold the prizes if the board failed to exhibit the necessary knowledge...