an American officer said, "is hold on to the hill and Santiago will be ours."

VOA: special.2010.07.15

And climbers sometimes have to hold on to rocks by only their fingers or toes.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

"Once he has it, he intends to hold on to it until such time as the president and his national security team are ready to consider it."

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

To do this, Pelosi has to try to hold on to the Democrats' current majority in the House of Representatives when the entire House is up for re-election this November.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Law Professor Yusri Mohammad, with the International University in Malaysia, says the Muslim community is not becoming more conservative, but it is trying to hold on to its values and way of life.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

But if the two parties fail to make an agreement, Mr.Clegg could side with Labor, giving the party that has led Britain for more than a decade a chance to hold on to power.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

President Obama promised to hold a summit on entrepreneurship in his speech to the Islamic world last June in Cairo.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down,down, just like one of those poor,tired leaves."

VOA: special.2009.08.01

A new Senate subcommittee on privacy, technology and the law plans to hold a hearing on May tenth about protecting mobile privacy.

VOA: special.2011.05.02

On November eleventh, communities across the United States hold ceremonies to observe Veterans Day.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

Then they nail on battens to hold the hatch coverings firmly in place.

VOA: special.2011.03.06

She announced the proposal to hold a high-level meeting on March thirty-first.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The company hopes to loosen Microsoft's hold on the market.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Mr.Obama also plans to seek money-saving ideas from private industry, and to hold a forum later this year on reforming government.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

The ministers will also hold talks on new areas of cooperation with Russia,and the new U.S.approach to missile defense.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

She calls for concrete and immediate action to hold perpetrators accountable, particularly since sexual violence continues to take place on a daily basis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Before returning to Washington, Secretary Clinton is to fly to Russia's ethnically diverse Republic of Tartarstan to hold a roundtable discussion on Thursday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

He will hold his first bilateral meeting of the trip with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama talks that are likely to focus on economic and security matters.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12