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What the school hoped to do for these kids was to hold them accountable for their actions, which they'd never really had before.

Whenever you can hold a Class A team to just three field goals you are playing pretty solid defense.

Whenever we needed a lift, Rosie gave us a spark. She's tough inside and has the ability to handle the ball in the open floor. She's also able to hold the other team's best player in check.

When he got up, everybody listened. That's where it's at now. Usually with a freshman, we may listen but it may go in one ear and out the other. Everybody took hold of that and what he had to say and took it to heart.

We want people to hold hands and create a bridge of support for the basic human rights, dignity and equal respect of immigrants in this country.

We want everything so if hearings aren't justified, we won't hold them, ... If they are, we will.

We wanted to try and hold them under 15 points in the first half. We got out in the passing lanes, got some steals and were able to get our offense going off that.

We were aware that they were approved for positions that, I believe, are very similar to the positions they hold at Christina.

We were a very good team with Adam and Mike up front and Matt and Jake making plays from the midfield. What turned us into a great team was moving Shane Curran-Hays to sweeper. The other players have total confidence in him. The guys know that they can hold the ball a little longer now. Shane gets to balls that other people would not. His presence made a great change in us in the back. We are quick at every position, really. So communication becomes key, especially because we play zonal defense.

We were as prepared as we could be for the rainfall with the road barricades, having them ready. There's nothing we can do to hold the rain back, we just deal with it when it gets here.

We were a lot faster on the banking, and the BMWs seemed to be going pretty wide. We were able to hold it tight and get a run out of there. We started out on scrubbed tires, and I overshot it a bit on the first couple laps, expecting too much from them. The balance of the tires came back and I was able to charge forward and give the car to Jan with the lead.

We were totally out of gas trying to hold off the Red Sox. And that happened because we didn't play well at the start of the year. We came out of spring training this year knowing we need to play well right from the get-go.

We want them to stop the current arrangement, share it with the public and hold hearings.

We want them to make collective decisions. Otherwise, how can we hold negotiations at all? ... Without them putting their demands in writing, we'll just be confused.

We want them to have fun. We have our section leaders hold at least five sectional rehearsals during the summer and we encourage two of those to be totally social such as going bowling or swimming together. This should be a very fun time of their lives and we want to them to enjoy this time.

We were hoping to try for a top five in the points and now we're trying to hold on for a top 10,

We'll be fine, ... They have no choice other than to be fine. We've got a game to play, and we can't put it on hold for them. They've been getting pounded in camp about not being productive enough, but they'll be all right. I'm proud of the way they worked through all that stuff.

We are all curious to see how it's going to hold up, playing this fast. A handful of guys are under par and with the wind supposed to blow, it's going to be interesting.

Therefore hold fast to that which has been revealed to you; surely you are on the right path.

Women voting in the community outnumber the men. We have to realize that we hold the power.

We actually had a decent second quarter for a change. Our goal was to hold Abundant Life to under 15 points and we did that.

We accept only the results of free and fair elections, and we won't accept results of rigged elections. ... We have seen examples of forgery ... we hold the NDP (ruling party) responsible in front of God for forging the elections.

We always hold out hope. Mathematically we're still in it. Every time we walk out on the floor, we're playing for something and we're playing for improvement.

We always hold out hope against hope. We would very much relish the opportunity to be back in real business with Dave.

We always hold it on the third weekend of March, which is close to Easter, but this is a year-round passion for us, as well as a business.

We always enjoyed the picnic, especially when it was in Bushkill Park and had the rides for the kids. This year we had to hold off because of the disaffiliation situation. With the new officers coming in, we didn't have time. But we'll go back to it next year.

We always do well against Newman. We're a little young, but I think we're going to be able to hold their own the rest of this season.

We are going to hold the province to that now.

We are hopeful that with economies of scale, we will be able to hold margins at current levels.

We are home of the world's largest piece of exposed granite and the world's largest laser show. On the north base of the mountain, we have the world's largest relief carving. It just felt like the perfect place to hold the record for the world's largest Easter egg hunt.

We are here to honor David for his unrelenting service and for his willingness to fight for us ... and all the ideals we all hold so dear,

We did not hit like we should have or like we are capable, but the errors are what killed us. These games are going to be close. We have to hold our ground at crunch time, and we have not done that yet.

What we're doing may be a temporary fix for the summer. We'll have to monitor it throughout the summer to see how well the rocks hold in higher flows and decide if we need to grout it.

What we're able to show is that it's possible the storage space (of all people) is more or less about the same. The difference is not how many things you can hold in (short-term) memory at the same time, but how efficient you are at keeping irrelevant things out.

what we hold dear in this country and in other civilized nations throughout the world.

There are no easy games in our league (but) I look for us to be in the upper half near the top. We'll hold our own and be right in the mix.

There are some shareholders who want BT to hold on to Wireless because they feel the company could lose revenue that a combined company can enjoy, ... I expect the sale to go ahead. BT has called an analysts meeting for September 5 to outline its plans for BT Wireless.

The only way she can establish a beach hold of credibility is to try and play into what's likely to be a kind of anti-incumbent, anti-politician campaign season.

The only way it?s bad for the game is if a guy is falsely accused. That?s bad. To be thought lesser than your talent, lesser than what you deserve to get credit for because of what somebody wrote, that?s the greatest travesty. That?s why you should hold onto people?s words as long as you can, until you absolutely know the truth.

There are flu bugs out there we're keeping an eye on. It only takes the right circumstances to grab hold and spread.

There are essentially two main reasons to hold a phone up at a show. First, to capture a memory for yourself, a reminder of the moment you're enjoying. And second, to share that moment with someone - to express your emotions socially. Both seem perfectly legitimate to me.

We declared a ceasefire nine months ago. It will hold until the end of 2005, after which there will be a transition period towards resistance.

We decided to put a hold on what we wanted to do and stick it out -- hurt their business.

We decided, OK, we're going to look at the scene every time before we shoot it, ... And Vince and I went, and we looked, and literally down to the body language of when he hands her the pen, how she ducks in from the rain, how she turns to walk out the door, whether she turns to the left or turns to the right. I wanted to hold my purse the same way, to show how specific you can get, and how different it will be, according to what the mind of a person is.

We really haven't had a game like that this year where we just felt like we couldn't get things going offensively. I thought that Pittsburgh, once they got a hold of the game, did a great job of just controlling the tempo and hitting big shots.

We're about to go hard at it again. There's no need for us to hold our heads. We had a fantastic season. It's just we're sorry that it ended like this.

We're a better shooting team because of what Gregg Gottlieb has done every single day in practice for 10-15 minutes without fail. And we have become a team that you better not foul us, because we're going to make every free throw. That wins games. We'll take it and not apologize. If you have good players and you have talent, you can find a way that when you are sputtering a bit, hold on and get a win. We did that.

We ran our motion offense and were patient. (La Grande) gambles so much on defense that if you are patient, you can score. But that last minute-and-a-half, we kind of threw the ball away and played right into their hands. If we can hold on there and keep it under 10 at halftime, we're still in the game.

We're a team that does better when we're in a have-to situation where we have to score. I'd almost think this team would be better coming from behind than having a lead and trying to hold it. But when (Prospect) came back and tied it up, we came back and responded.

We're an older team and they're a young team. (We) played pretty well on defense to hold them to 14 points.

We?re an improved team and we wanted to show that. Binghamton?s a good team, and to hold them to 49 points was a great night for us.

We hope to hold another one in the fall.

We hold then to 40 percent from the floor, they shoot nine free throws but we turn it over 17 times. We need to shoot a higher percentage and get to the line more.

We hold the kingdom and Prince Saud in great esteem and we regret such comments as these,

We hold that the program , as it appears to have been structured at the time (Harper) was placed on it, differed from parole in name only, ... and affirm the (appeals court's) decision.

We hold that back wages are subject to ... taxes prescribed for the year in which the wages are in fact paid,

We hold President Milosevic responsible for the safety of these three men,

We hold out hope but we have to be realistic. With the atmosphere and the risks and with time passing, everything is running against us.

We hold ourselves up to the same Electronics Industry Code of Conduct standards as we expect from our suppliers.

We hold our destiny in our hands. It's just a case of how tough we are mentality. Now it's us against us them.

We hold 'em a while, and turn 'em loose with a summons,

We hold a very extensive audition process. We audition probably 1,000 kids.

We hold a lot of responsibility for policing the sport, but, at the same time, we have to give the competitors the benefit of the doubt if we can, so that's why that process is repeated. Honestly, another reason it's repeated is so we're sure of what we're seeing, not something goofy, not a mistake.

We hold all of our matches as important. We treat every match the same way, but it's nice to end this home stretch on a victory.

We hold all of our cadets to the highest standards of professional and personal behavior. As future leaders, they must set the example and conduct themselves in a manner befitting those standards.

We hold a dialogue to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. That's why we hold a dialogue.

We hold absolutely to the 30th of June timetable,

Yesterday she didn't pitch as long as she normally does in practice because her arm was hurting. So I was concerned about today, but she did real well. She walked a couple but she's going to be the one to hold us in there.

Yes, it did. But I was not able to get a hold of Joel.

XXL named it the jail issue, but every issue of a lot of magazines might as well be called the jail issue, ... It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.

XM was aggressively trying to hold its own in the face of competition in the quarter.

We have played four games in that gym, so hopefully that'll help. Hopefully we'll make a game of it and if we can, we'll see if we can hold on at the end.

We've won the game, he's got sent off so I hold no grudges. But if that's what you have to reduce him to then that's what happens. He's only an average player anyway.

We have had a bearish week in U.S. markets and people who had thought the range in rates would hold are now re-evaluating that view as the evidence points to a stronger U.S. economy.

The extremely low level of organ donation in Australia is leaving hundreds of people young and old living on the edge for an average of four years with their lives on hold while waiting for a telephone call for a kidney transplant.

The fact of the matter is, the Japanese have to establish the fact that they can draw fans to games other than when Japan is playing. If we hold a final in Japan that winds up being Cuba playing the U.S., I have no good feeling about what kind of attendance that would be. That's my point.

The fact of the matter is (Brazil's) currency had to fall. The whole (Brazilian) economy and interest rates were being held hostage to the currency. You had to keep interest rates high, and therefore hammer the economy in an attempt to hold the currency up.

There is concern there that if that fire does move in a southerly direction under increasingly northerly winds, we do hold concerns for that fire.

There is commerciality in storytelling, even in a film or a piece of literature. These things exist. That's why stories came to be: to hold attention and, while you're not looking, you'll get hopefully some nutritional value that the author has been working up. That's narrative; that's passing stuff down.

There is no doubt that he is going to run the ball hard. He dropped the ball a couple of times, but that usually happens when he's struggling for extra yards. I'm pleased with the effort for sure but we just have to hold on to the football.

When it was hit, I knew it was going to be trouble. I saw it leave the infield, I knew it was gone. So it was one of those things, especially on a 0-2 count, you want something that is he going to nibble at and not really get a hold of.

We set out as our goal to hold them to 50 points, and they got 53. We just didn't get it down on the offensive end of the court.

We're just trying to hold teams under a certain percentage. It's a challenge for us and we take it out there every game. We study film, we have goals we set before every game and we try to reach those goals. We do reach those goals. As a team, we go out there and play hard every night on the defensive end.

We're just stronger in singles. We couldn't hold Elliott back anymore.

We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

We are taking significant steps to reduce our cost structure and sharpen our focus on the products and services that hold the best potential for growth and return on investment,

We're here, we're not polar opposites, we're not competing for the hold of the city.

This pullback is not necessarily a bad thing. The market is just testing its prior lows and if it can hold those lows then it's a good sign.

This proposal is a power grab, ... an illegal power grab that we must meet head to head and we must hold our ground in court.

This problem was not an issue raised by the defendants, instead the court raised it on its own. The net result here is it changes the way we hold someone accountable for their actions. People should be liable for the danger they create.

This principle of annual improvement in real wages based on technology we also hold to be neither inflationary nor deflationary.

This win was a great birthday present. We had a tremendous effort, especially in the second half. Our guys stepped it up a notch. To hold this Bulls teams to 30 points in a half is unbelievable.

There are those on the coasts that might snicker in their sleeves, but the town represents what many conservative people in the Midwest see as America, the America they want, the America they hold in their heads from yesterday. Maybe it is part mythical -- but it's the America they want to cling to.

The protests will continue and we will hold a big demonstration in Islamabad today. If the government tries to stop it then it will be responsible for the consequences.

The profit margins in the analog area hold up much better than some chip companies that are more cyclical,

When you're a lower ranked team or an underdog, you can have a go-for-it attitude. You have nothing to lose when you're in that situation. You don't have anything to lose, you don't have to hold back.

When you read a book, you hold another's mind in your hands.

When you're acting and you need to cry, you want to put yourself in a position where you're trying not to cry, because that is generally what people try and do. They try to hold on to their emotions, they don't want to lose them.

When you put yourself in a situation where your back is against the wall and you come out and hold them to three points then you have done your job.

We cannot accept the prejudices that some international organizations and some individuals hold against China and their practices over these issues,