• How Apollo fares is not likely to deter Carlyle from listing, but it could encourage it to hold fire.

    ECONOMIST: The Carlyle Group

  • These would have been cut by even more had the companies not persuaded the rating agencies to hold fire while they try to flog any assets they can.

    ECONOMIST: Is the end in sight?

  • But it is too early to tell if this really is a sign that Mr Abbas is persuading the militants to hold fire, or whether it was simply a brief lull to mark this week's Muslim festival of Eid.

    ECONOMIST: Abbas sends in his men | The

  • "The retreat in consumer price inflation in June boosts the case for the Bank of England to hold fire on interest rates for many more months to come to give the fragile, faltering economy every chance to develop growth momentum, " said Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight.

    BBC: UK CPI inflation in surprise fall to 4.2% in June

  • In other words, does he want them to hold their fire in the interests of creating this atmosphere that he talked about yesterday?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • To prevail in the primaries, Mr Romney had to blitz the airwaves at great expense, while Mr Obama, as the unopposed Democratic nominee, has been able to hold his fire.

    ECONOMIST: The Obama campaign

  • Because the men and women who go to war will tell you that the loved ones they leave behind have a profound effect on their ability to hold up under fire.

    NPR: Waiting and Dreading: Families in War Time

  • As for the sequester, it was designed, again, in this act of Congress, voted on by members of both parties and signed into law by this President, specifically to be onerous, to hold Congress's feet to the fire.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The London Fire Authority has decided not to challenge Mayor Boris Johnson's order to hold a public consultation on proposed cuts to London Fire Brigade.

    BBC: London Fire Authority agrees to allow cuts consultation

  • The new commissioners will have the power to hire and fire chief constables, hold them to account and set the forces' budgets.

    BBC: Harriet Yeo

  • More than 1, 100 firefighters remained in Ruidoso as they fight to hold the Little Bear Fire that is now 60 percent contained.

    MSN: Nuns, Boy Scouts among new wildfire evacuees

  • Another decrease was "possible, even likely, " in February after the release of likely "horrid" data for the final month of last year, but the rates panel would then hold fire to evaluate the results of its action, he said.

    WSJ: Poland Hints at End to Rate Cuts

  • "I like some of the things that the Democratic candidates are saying, but you have to hold their feet to the fire, " he said.

    CNN: Nader eyeing another White House run

  • In practice, given that agriculture is often unprofitable for many years, the IRS is unlikely to hold your feet to the fire immediately on that one.

    FORBES: Investment Guide: Flings

  • The conservative or Coalition opposition is determined to hold her feet to the fire by not granting proxy-vote courtesies in the new session that begins Tuesday in Canberra.

    FORBES: Aussie politics: Much like US

  • And hopefully constituents will hold people's feet to the fire that love to give great speeches about creating jobs and then send people home off the job sites.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Video from the scene showed people clambering on the wreckage -- including parts of the fallen plane -- and working together to hold up what appeared to be a fire hose.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • It was designed with a specific purpose in mind, which was to hold Congress's feet to the fire, which is what everybody said at the time would be the effect of the provision.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Early on, the show had an era of restraint in which the hero, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (the tall drink of water Timothy Olyphant), tried to convince his bosses that he could hold fire.

    NEWYORKER: Trigger-Happy

  • "Additionally, a couple of windows appeared to have been opened before the fire took hold, " Mr Riley said.

    BBC: Fernhust fire death prompts murder investigation

  • The U.S. hopes the threat will "hold Saddam Hussein's feet to the fire" on compliance with U.N. requirements for inspection and monitoring of Iraq's weapons program.

    CNN: AllPolitics - U.S. Officials Stand Firm Against Iraq

  • Johnson had quickly established his eminence in the forties on 52nd Street, his sober, deliberately gloved tone partnering a rapid-fire execution that allowed him to hold his own with the trumpets and saxophones of the bebop small group.

    NPR: 'Blue Note Records, The Biography'

  • Last week, Treasury minister Ian Pearson said he would hold all banks' "feet to the fire" to ensure customers were treated fairly.

    BBC: RBS offers to delay repossessions

  • Environment Minister Lord De Mauley told the meeting that he found the MP's arguments persuasive and he believed the government should hold relevant bodies' "feet to the fire" to pursue possible alternatives.

    BBC: Hot branding ponies 'indefensible' and must end, says MP

  • While no official cause of the crash has been named, sources have told CNN that 150 of the oxygen generators -- improperly packed and stowed in the DC-9's cargo hold -- are believed to have ignited the fire that brought down the plane.

    CNN: Main banner

  • There was a slow-down in killings when a cease-fire brokered by Annan was set to take hold April 12.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Four fire crews have been there overnight trying to hold back the flames - which were at one point threatening to engulf properties.

    BBC: Wildfire

  • The cease-fire between the government and the Kachins pledges to hold a political dialogue and to resettle displaced people, estimated in the thousands.

    WSJ: Myanmar Town Restive After Clashes

  • Gibson made an immediate impact by playing a major part in the Republic's third goal on 54 minutes with Christiansen unable to hold the substitute's long-range shot and Long reacting to fire home the rebound from 12 yards.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | Internationals | Denmark 0-4 Republic of Ireland

  • Kindle Fire HD is small enough to take everywhere and light enough to hold easily and comfortably in one hand.

    ENGADGET: Kindle Paperwhite and two Fires up for pre-order in Japan, Kindle Store opens there tomorrow

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