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- DictionaryHold·ing/ˈhōldiNG/
noun
- 1. an area of land held by lease.
- 2. stocks, property, and other financial assets in someone's possession: "commercial property holdings"
16 hours ago · A AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward. On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
16 hours ago · By the end of 2009, 146 Libertarians were holding elected offices. [24] Tonie Nathan , running as the Libertarian Party's vice presidential candidate in the 1972 presidential election with John Hospers as the presidential candidate, [25] [26] was the first female candidate in the United States to receive an electoral vote.
- December 11, 1971; 51 years ago
- 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia 22314
16 hours ago · The government refused to disclose details of about 18 Indians holding accounts in LGT Bank, Liechtenstein, evoking a sharp response from a bench comprising justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar. The court ordered the Special investigation team (SIT) to probe the matter.
- October 1, 1937; 86 years ago
- India
16 hours ago · As statute gives no further definition, the practical meaning of the "rule of law" develops through case law. The European Court of Human Rights, following common law principles, protects the rule of law by requiring people's liberty, privacy or other rights are not infringed by the government unless there is a clear legal basis and justification.
16 hours ago · Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is a Singaporean state-owned public media conglomerate, based in 1 Stars Avenue, One-north.Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties.
- 1 June 1936; 87 years ago
- Temasek Holdings
- US$750.8 million
16 hours ago · The Paris Principles define a child associated with an armed force or group as: ...any person below 18 years of age who is or who has been recruited or used by an armed force or armed group in any capacity, including but not limited to children, boys and girls, used as fighters, cooks, porters, messengers, spies or for sexual purposes.
16 hours ago · When animals eat seeds (seed predation or granivory) or eggs (egg predation), they are consuming entire living organisms, which by definition makes them predators. Scavengers, organisms that only eat organisms found already dead, are not predators, but many predators such as the jackal and the hyena scavenge when the opportunity arises.
