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I wouldn't say we had lots of energy but we did a pretty good job on concentrating and focusing on the game, and we held down Portland defensively except for the fourth quarter when Zach Randolph started scoring. I think we held them good. Offensively, we just executed well and didn't give them any chance.

I would rather be held in contempt than support such a scandalous outcome. I won't testify if it's just against (Blumenthal), ... The point is (that) the president made sure, some way or another, that the story got into print. It was a threat against a potential witness -- a very vulgar and crude one, very typical of his modus operandi.

I would call them hostages. They're being held against their will,

I would call them hostages. They are being held against their will, and five days is a rather long time, especially if you're the one being held in detention.

I would be shocked to see him fall past the fourth round. From the people I've talked to, I'm thinking there's a good chance he could be taken in the third round. A lot of that fourth- and fifth-round talk started after his combine work when some people still had some questions about him. But since then, he's held a lot of workouts for different teams and answered a lot of those questions. He's been moving up.

I would be really surprised if eBay is ultimately held liable for misrepresented items on its site.

I would have felt better if we were going into halftime about three minutes earlier. We held them to zero points for the first five minutes (of the second quarter) and then we started fouling them and sending them to the line.

I wish I could have held it together a little better in the last three laps, but it was a great Olympic experience.

I was pleased with the girls. The first game we held with them for a while.

I was pleased with our patience and discipline on offense. Montpelier is quick and physical, but we held our own on the boards.

I was pleased with our defensive effort. That was a good team we held to 29 points. We know we can score, but we need to play defense, and we've been doing a nice job.

I was pleased with our defense in the second half. We held Stout 20 points below their season average. We were right there with them. Unfortunately, we couldn't get our shots to go in.

If we execute and share the basketball and move bodies, then we are a tough team to defend because we have a lot of guys that can do a lot of different things on the offensive end. Defensively, we turned it up and held them to one shot, and because of it, we got momentum.

If we do see any slowdown in the market or any back-up from rates, the higher end purchaser is the one less likely to change their behavior and Tiffany benefits from that, ... Tiffany clearly has had an amazing run, so far, this year. We've held it for about year and a half now. I don't recommend this level at -- as entry point, but it's a great stock to watch and look for an entry point.

If we had held our chances and fielded a bit better we would have won the game quite comfortably.

If these people broke the law and public money was paid out in an improper manner, they could be held responsible to pay that money back.

If these groups are knowingly assisting illegal immigrants, they may feel morally compelled to provide that assistance, but they certainly ought to be held legally accountable for violating the law.

I got in behind Regina and was well positioned. Giorgia Bronzini tried to move me aside with a dig with her elbow but I held my place, but then Giorgia got in front of me again when Regina started the sprint and I had to come around her.

I got held on the previous play, so when he held my arm, I just lifted up. He may have acted a little more than I did, because all I did was pull my arm up. And I just stood over him a little bit.

I grew up in an upper-middle-class town with a population around 12,000. My high school held around a thousand kids. All smart. We had a strict dress code. If you wore blue jeans to school, they sent you home.

I graduated with my ninth grade class (Langdale School) in the spring of 1941. Our graduation exercises were held in the Langdale Theater. After that, we gathered at the gym. It was pretty simple. It was a fun time. But it was a sorrowful time because we realized we would never be students at LaFayette Lanier School again.

If they held an election tomorrow in Ethiopia, they'd have a new prime minister.

If they have the technology to address the problem, then I think they ought to be held accountable to fix the problem and make sure it doesn't happen again.

If this painstaking experiment in international humanitarian law succeeds, the tribunal will ensure that individuals responsible for atrocities, having been fairly tried and convicted, are held accountable for their actions.

If this is confirmed, it will reinforce our suspicion that the December performance was inflated by many consumers opening their wallets to treat their families and themselves at Christmas having held back their spending over much of 2005.

I have compiled a record that includes how we've held the line on taxes.

I didn't really think they were going to score. I just felt it was going to be our day, particularly when Kenny Miller put one over the bar with ten minutes to go. It would have been interesting if they had got one back with 20 minutes to go, but fortunately we stood firm and held out.

I don't know anything about it. I don't really know what to say. That is a little discouraging. It could maybe be a distraction, but he is a grown man and he'll be held accountable for whatever Whatever it is we'll all rally around each other and keep fighting.

I don't have a problem with him being held accountable. But when it is brought up and repeated, it is like beating a dead horse.

I didn't want to take the ball to the net but they kind of forced me in that direction. I wanted to try to burn as much clock as I could. . . . I probably should have just held on to it.

I didn't want to put (Conner) back out there. I held him off until the last two minutes of the game. I needed him for face-off wins. He is a tremendous talent. It's tough for him to pull the reins back but he did it for us.

I didn't mind sitting out in the fourth at all. We did a good job of holding a lead and we held their starters to just 29 points.

I?d like to take back that first inning because we had an opportunity on the bunt to get her at first and missed that and a couple others. We gave them some runs, but I think we held our own.

I'd like to think we all tried. We held out probably a little longer. But the choices at some point just become overwhelming.

I don't know where the blame or responsibility lies. Somebody should be held accountable, without question. We're in a playoff race. What happens if we miss by one point?

I can honestly say I have never held that mind-set, ... I mean, if you do that here, 'Get me to eight,' you're in trouble. What I'm always striving for ... I tell the players: Once, I was part of a national championship team. That really changes the way you look at things. Once you do it, there's nothing else, there's no goal out there that compares to that one. That's what I'm thinking about: How can we do this?

I am dismayed by the party on March 13 held by members of the men's lacrosse team at an off-campus residence.

I am delighted that the senate and the world council have held that way too.

I am happy we won, but I am not overall pleased with how we played. When we don't play well, we hold the ball. Tonight, we held the ball. I know our schedule had something to do with it, but we can't be effective when we play like we did tonight.

I believe this provision of the bill does not set the bar high enough for PSC commissioners, who should be held to the highest ethical standards, ... I strongly encourage the members of the Public Service Commission -- who I know share in this belief -- to move forward with efforts to amend their code of ethics . . . to ensure that this provision of the bill is not misused.

I believe they are guilty and responsible for taking Diane's life, and I want to make sure they are held accountable.

I believe there was a pretty clear understanding in the Senate Education meeting that public hearings would be held before making any decision about changing the date of the test. To do this to citizens completely undermines the credibility of the process.

I believe there was a fear that damage would be done to the fire district if that were to happen, ... When you have a disruption in the continuity of the district like that, it's not good for the district and I think that's what they were thinking when they held the meeting to approve the contracts.

I believe the election should be held as early as possible,

I am really proud of our team. This was an extremely physical, borderline out-of-control game, and our kids held their composure well. It was really hard to play under some of the conditions going on.

Central Valley was so patient with the ball. They held the ball so long each possession that when we finally got our hands on it (the ball) we were anxious, and it showed.

Cap was great tonight. That is a very good team and our pitching held them to six hits on the night.

But we do not see much headway in this regard before general elections are held next year. We will raise the six-day work issue again.

Business leaders expect to be held accountable to their shareholders, their customers, their employees and to their communities.

But give Advance credit. They have a good basketball team out there they have a lot of seniors and a lot of leadership. They held their poise out there and they did the things they needed to to win the game.

But for Bill that wasn't a lateral move. That was a place that held special meaning for him.

Based on the assessment of Germany and European Union observers, elections in the autonomous Palestinian areas were basically held in a free and fair manner.

Basically we held the ball to shorten up the game since we were in foul trouble.

China will be held to account if it attempts to dump excess capacity on overseas markets.

China expresses its concern over the current development of the Iran nuclear issue. China hopes that the talks between Russia and Iran can be held on schedule and achieve positive results.

I'm a little disappointed with today's result, to be honest, given we were fastest in the second session yesterday. The engineering crew did an amazing job to get the car back on the track and it's unlucky we were held up by a red flag in the final segment of qualifying, as that was my best lap of the day. The forecast for tomorrow is rain again, so I'm sure we're going to see a lot of action and I look forward to advancing through the field.

I have spent seven of the 12 years I have been married a victim of political persecution. I must be the first male spouse being held hostage by a regime. I accept this, as Pakistan has traditional elements who find it hard to reconcile with a man whose wife works and who other men salute perforce of her office.

I have been blessed to have a great staff. Jay Ferguson has been around Jonathan Alder basketball forever and held all the school scoring records until Lauren broke them this season, and the girls have great respect for him. Bruce Gerber has been a great addition this season, especially in planning how to attack our opponents.

I felt real good. The object was to come out here, test it out, do some things on it and see how it held up, and I did a pretty good job today. I'm not sore, so we'll see how tomorrow goes.

I felt it was a biased panel. If they couldn't get people to represent the other side of this, then they shouldn't have held it. I might have learned something if there were two sides represented. It wasn't an open forum.

I felt like they were being held against their will.

I feel they're isolated, but also town organizations should develop a policy. Washington Township has a policy -- a code of conduct -- that all coaches and parents are held to. It's a positive step in the right direction.

I feel fine. I couldn't have asked for more. I don't feel like I'm being held back by anything. I don't feel like I'm being slowed down. I'm playing the way I play, and that's how I'm going about my business.

I feel on a couple of plays I could've held my ground a little longer.

I feel like we are going to get stronger as we go through the season. The hope is that we can finish even better than we did last year. The girls work extremely hard and are very dedicated. The AA teams that we have played, we have been doing well against, and we have held our own against the bigger schools that we have played.

I feel that I played an all-around good match today. I held my serve really well today. I was able to hit some excellent passing shots and that kept Jeff at the baseline, which helped swing the match in my favor.

I did my civic duty and held my government to account for statements it had made.

I didn't have a whole lot of choices. The doctors have held them back, so my choices have been limited. So what do I do from here? Well, we get them on (the field), we continue to condition them, we try to get them in the game on Thursday night against Tennessee, try to get them ready. I can just deal with the options that are available to me, and these are the options. Do I like them? Not necessarily.

I didn't have a whole lot of choices. The doctors have held (Hunt and Jackson) back, so my choices have been limited,

I can't say (Teague's) been our team, but he's held us down the stretch in so many games. He just manhandles people in the post, and he's going to be a big part of our team in the next game and even after that.

I can't recall in 20 years of investigating accidents any pilot being held criminally responsible for an accident. I believe he's very worried.

I fought my mechanics a lot the last two seasons and that's primarily what held me back last year when I'd have some good months and some not-so-good months. Now I'm not thinking about mechanics. I'm thinking about the right things and doing the right things.

Great teams find ways to win. When the shots don't fall, you have to play defense. We held them to two baskets in the second half. We played tremendous defense, and then we got the rebounds when they missed.

Great second half. If you look at the details and you see they only got three field goals in the second half and we held them to 11 percent shooting, you have to win games. I told them they'd better play defense and they did. We played much harder and contested every shot.

Given that the Commonwealth Games are going to be held in India in 2010, we think the interest in sports tourism that will be generated in India will flow on to the Olympic Games in 2012.

Fred held up well and had some really nice runs. He really did a nice job running the ball.

Four of our hardworking 8-and-under swimmers attend the 8-Under Festival held in Arvada,

France strongly condemns this crime ... (and) calls for an international inquiry to be held without delay to determine the circumstances of, and responsibility for, this tragedy, before punishing the culprits.

Four points out of that...we've got to be a little bit happy. We didn't make it easy for ourselves. When you get behind on the scoreboard the thing is not to panic and we held together and believed to could do it.

From an entertainment factor, we held up our end tonight.

From 1944 to 1951 I held a Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research, and since 1951 I have been on the staff of the Medical Research Council.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

Further talks to progress arrangements around forming a government are likely to be held in the coming week.

Furthermore, eBay -- which has held up relatively well versus other leading Internet companies -- has little valuation support.

Further meetings were held by the two foreign ministries and this is the result.

Gabriel and I were always getting the giggles, but he was really scary when he was in character, ... drunk and screaming and shouting at me. At one point, he held a gun to my head and I could feel my heart racing. Then, afterwards, he'd just be fun Gabriel again, having a laugh.

From what I have observed from the meetings of the leaders and their attitudes, we have reason to believe that the meeting will be held as scheduled and will achieve positive results with all parties' efforts,

I don't think anyone would have a problem calling a 14-year-old a kid. He should be tried as a juvenile. He should be held accountable but not in an adult jail.

I don't understand why, to rise to the level of being president of my country, one has to be a monster. I used to say that George Bush was defiling the Oval Office, but it's been held by a long line of monsters. We don't have to support our administrations to love our country.

I don't think it's fair for me to be held responsible for children who are not mine.

I don't think she was fully recovered last year. She was very tentative, and that restricted her play more than anything else. The injury really held her back and didn't let her play her game.

For two hours the country held its breath. The anxiety was real, both for the health of Sharon the man and for the competence of Sharon the prime minister.

For too long nurses have been undervalued, restricted in what they could do, with too few career opportunities in clinical practice. For far too long, nurses have endured a pay system that has held them back - both professionally as well as financially.

Given the size of the Linux code, it?s almost certain that it will violate a number of patents, and some of them, such as the ones on the FAT file system, may indeed be held by Microsoft.

Go and see the quality of life of the people on the Chiquita plantations. People living in shacks, people living with tin roofs held on by stones and with earthen floors, people working for 20 U.S. cents a day.

Go and see the quality of life of the people on the Chiquita plantations, ... People living in shacks, people living with tin roofs held on by stones and with earthen floors, people working for 20 U.S. cents a day.

If it wasn't for that injury, I'd be convinced he'd be playing this way every game. That was a tremendous blow to his development this year. It just has really held him back. But this will be a big confidence booster for him.

Ignite just held our first annual National Day of Action, on which, for the first time, students all across the country simultaneously pressured politicians to stop looking the other way.

I got a lot of pressure over a period of about two weeks, and I held my ground, ... I was committed to a cause.

I go determined that those responsible for these cowardly crimes will be held accountable. I go secure in the knowledge that America will never be intimidated or back down in the face of terrorists,