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Okinawans have held large protests in recent weeks calling for removal of the base from the island.
Some of its mutual funds have held large positions in troubled companies like Enron and Tyco International, but relatively few investors moved their assets out of Alliance's funds.
The noise and danger from Futenma's low-flying helicopters have become a symbol here of the burden placed on Okinawans, who have held large protests in recent weeks calling for removal of the base from the island.
Both the "Yes" and "No" camps have held large rallies throughout the week, with demonstrators crowding into Athen's Syntagma Square by the thousands.
In a 1920 report a Communist boasts of doing better than the Socialist Party: "In instances we have held larger mass meetings than the S.P. ever held in its balmiest days.
Over the last two decades, Capital has held large positions in Disney, Time Warner, the News Corporation and Viacom, among others.
Yolanda B. Jimenez, the deputy commissioner for community affairs, said the department had held large meetings in each borough six times a year, as well as countless smaller sessions to bring people together with the officers who policed their streets.
He sold most of his Sibneft stake to Yukos in a merger earlier this year the deal included $3 billion in cash, out of which Chelsea's price was but pocket change and also holds or has held large stakes in some of the country's biggest aluminium, car, airline and media firms.
He's a successful entrepreneur and has held large startup-focused conferences in the past.
In Mali alone, alongside AQIM, Mujao and the Signed-in-Blood Battalion is Ansar Dine, another splinter from AQIM that has held large parts of the north since last year and has been imposing its version of Islamic law.
The Islamophobic PEGIDA movement, which has held large anti-immigrant protests, has gained traction in recent months — particularly in the aftermath of the attacks on Paris in November which left 130 dead.
