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Word: holds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...means of provoking a police crackdown on the rightists, had worked out the details in a series of three rendezvous with Pesquet. The only hitch, according to Pesquet, had come after Mitterrand had jumped the fence into the gardens; Pesquet and his driver had been obliged to hold their fire until a cruising taxicab and a pair of lovers got out of the way. The delay, Pesquet recalled, had prompted Mitterrand to call out impatiently from his geranium bed: "All right, get going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: LAffaire, I'Affaire | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...ones believes no more in the omnipotent, but in us," he says. "And for this we mnst show what we can do. First, a piece of meat in the soup, good clothes for winter, then-radio, electricity, books, movies. Against this, Mister God can't hold out long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mr. G. in the U.S.S.R. | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

With a bare two minutes left, Mayo pulled off the flashiest play of the game: apparently kneeling to hold a field-goal try on fourth down, he carefully kept his knee off the ground, rose to fire a 21-yd. strike to Quinlan to put the Air Force on the Army 21. But when a real field-goal try failed, Mayo and the Air Force had to settle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Start of a Tradition | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...return mail the snorers got instructions for an exercise that may curb snoring: "Hold something firmly between your teeth (or gums if you have no teeth) for ten minutes after going to bed but before settling to sleep." In each letter Family Doctor enclosed a wooden tongue depressor "very suitable" for holding between the teeth. The exercise strengthens muscles that hold the mouth closed, helps Britons to control snoring by keeping a stiff upper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: And So to Sleep | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...puts and calls is much less. These are the people who make options available from the stocks in their portfolios. To find them, Filer, Schmidt and the nation's 20 other put and call dealers turn to investment trusts, pension funds and individual portfolio holders who intend to hold their stock for long periods. For selling a put or call the stockholder receives a premium ranging from $112.50 on 100 shares and up, depending on the price of the stock and length of the option. Usually those who sell puts and calls offer them at different prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Put, Call & Win | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

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