Word: holds
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...must warn you gentlemen," he said recently, "that we must expect to go to the country [hold a general election] before Christmas...
...shares of this stock will be authorized but not outstanding. The stock will be entitled to participate up to 3% per annum additional in extra profits after $1.75 is paid on 2,000,000 shares of Hearst consolidated common, the voting stock, all of which Mr. Hearst will hold. In exchange for all its common stock, Hearst Consolidated acquired from Publisher Hearst eleven largest and most profitable" of the 24 Hearstpapers: the New York Journal, Chicago American, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Detroit Times, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Call-Bulletin, Oakland Post-Enquirer, Los Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles Herald, Seattle Post...
...beaten blue and blacker by police lathi (sticks)-but only a handful of the Hindus broke and ran, while not a Sikh stirred. Women, whom the police were ordered not to strike, rushed to try and put themselves in the way of blows. Correspondent Farson saw one woman hold up her baby and endeavor to secure for it a crack on the head. When he expressed his horror to her through an interpreter she remained unmoved, anxious to sacrifice her babe to the Cause...
...Cornell launch, saw a slowly widening space appear between the Cornell stern and M. I. T.'s bow. Washington and the Navy were still in striking distance, but at the railroad bridge they were out of it and M. I. T. was trying wildly and uselessly to hold off Syracuse. Cornell was so far ahead now that the speed boats following behind moved up and let their wash rock the shells of the losing crews. Cornell was three lengths in front of Syracuse, eight in front of M. I. T., Columbia was behind California but ahead of Washington. Just...
...licenses, for higher rates.* He had to keep a critical eye upon efforts of various agencies to "organize" the city's taximen. He had to maintain his perpetual guard against unfair treatment of drivers by police. Most difficult and important of all, he had to continue striving to hold the confidence of four conflicting elements in the city's cab business: the driver, the owner-driver, the fleet owner, the company operator...