Word: hold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...press conference last week the President admitted to a hope that the agreement would eliminate a further obstacle to cooperation by the Iranians. "I'd like to get this underbrush cleaned out now," he said. "I hope they will do what they can to influence those who hold these hostages...
...seemingly endless series of water-main explosions. Especially worrying are Dinkins' close ties to powerful labor unions, some of which may clamor for pay increases just as the city grapples with a projected $1.3 billion budget deficit. Even some of Dinkins' backers have qualms about his ability to hold the unions in check. Says financier Felix Rohatyn, head of Dinkins' informal team of economic advisers: "He is so innately decent that he is really not used to having to disappoint people. And yet, in this job, he'll have...
...Just listen to me first. If Americans who hold shares in Japanese companies demand American-style management at stockholders' meetings, we must clearly say no. That's what we did recently to T. Boone Pickens, a man with a disreputable reputation. America is in decline because of American managers who only care about their short-term gains so that they can boast about them at the next shareholders' meeting. Japanese managers use shareholders' meetings to explain their long-term plans and ask shareholders to bear with limited dividends. Japan has succeeded in rebuilding its economy because it has kept...
...example of your peers. A woman of Adams House--Adams House!--has resolved to come here to New Haven to pray for victory. She doesn't even have a ticket; she is barred from the Yale Bowl. Her plan? To enter one of Yale's crumbling libraries and hold a Satanic ritual--a ritual calling upon all the powers of darkness...
...foolish. Hockey is nothing more than a...a...Is Melrose playing? Wait. Hold on. Taxi! Hope I can make the train. I still have a few hours. Don't start without me. You're not a black hole...