Besides confirming his retirement for the throng of media, Torre was asked if Derek Jeter would hold a grudge against the Yankees for the way his contract negotiations were handled.

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Though I suspect that the BWAA would be less likely to discriminate against Mr. Braun with respect to MVP voting if he were to duplicate his efforts in 2013, there is no doubt that the BWAA would hold a one-year grudge against Braun at the very least.

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Many hold a grudge against Australia for the role that it played in helping East Timor gain independence from Indonesia.

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The Birchbox ladies say they hold no grudge over copycats.

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Senior Bush aides reject the notion these disputes are personal, and say it's not the president's style to hold a grudge.

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Point being, if there was ever a time for fans to hold a grudge, it would have been after the 2004-05 debacle.

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If at least some Mexicans aren't yet ready to forgive the United States for how it treated Mexico a century and a half ago, then they have to accept the fact that some Mexican-Americans still hold a grudge for how their family members were treated much more recently than that.

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And while six months of incarceration have affected the jazz lover's level of saxophone playing, he doesn't hold a grudge.

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But the list of those who may wish to do that, or who had reason to hold a grudge against Mr Qadir, is a long one.

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