But will they hold firm if the price is to be passed over for ministerial office?
But West Ham showed superb resilience to hold firm and eventually set about creating chances of their own.
The commission is often hesitant about confronting national governments head on, but in this case it should hold firm.
Both sides are deeply entrenched, claiming mandates from voters to hold firm.
Their ability to hold firm reinforced the principles of delivering early and often, reducing waste, and sticking to the deadline no matter what.
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We needed to be sure that, in a crisis, our allies would hold firm. and thus we could brook no doubts about our steadfastness.
And if Republicans also hold firm, this means a government shutdown.
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But Blair is likely to hold firm against moves to shift responsibility for European defense away from NATO and the influence of the United States.
If they hold firm on the sequester, they know the government will have to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government beyond March 27.
At the same time, at least one key shareholder in BA is urging the airline to hold firm and refuse to give ground in the dispute.
The second lesson is that the government must hold firm.
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Although he was roundly criticized for it at the time, many now believe Mr. Reagans decision to hold firm hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
But Mundell is still making his case, and when governments like China ask his opinion about whether to accede to the Bush Administration's demand to let the yuan float, Mundell always tells them to hold firm.
Although she has insisted that her government will hold firm, and has already proposed February 20th as a referendum date, she knows that if it goes ahead it will fail, putting both the recovery and her government in jeopardy.
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Republicans, led by the tea party movement -- the conservative wing of the Republican party -- have been hammering Obama's economic and fiscal policy since 2009, pushing GOP candidates to hold firm on pledges not to raise taxes and to cut spending.
Just as President Reagan held firm at Reykjavik when challenged to drop his plans for a missile defense system, so too should President Bush hold firm when called upon to cut our nuclear arsenal below levels on which the security of the United States and the world depends.
Earlier this week, the Edison Electric Institute, the industry group for investor-owned utilities, circulated a letter in the House urging lawmakers not to vote for the RPS. Corporations such as Atlanta-based Southern Company and Charlotte-based Duke Energy hold firm that a renewable mandate is a state issue, not a federal one.
Earlier this week, the Edison Electric Institute, the industry group for investor-owned utilities, circulated a letter in the House urging lawmakers not to vote for the RPS. Corporations such as Atlanta-based Southern Company and Charlotte-based Duke Energy (nyse: DUK - news - people ) hold firm that a renewable mandate is a state issue, not a federal one.
The PM said he would hold "firm" talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
They hold a firm belief that we should be slaughtered and killed.
The U.S. dollar bulls continue to hold the firm overall technical advantage.
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Beneath the changes and the politicking, caste still has a firm hold on politics.
Like markets sometimes do, fortunes changed nearly overnight, and a rally took firm hold all last week.
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Meanwhile in Castellon, Spain took a firm hold on their tie against Austria as Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer recorded straight set wins over Jurgen Melzer and Andreas Haider-Maurer respectively.
Over hundreds of years, the firm must hold its fundamentals dear, yet constantly change, he says.
Wales' wonder kids late on showed they have resilience and brass in equal measure to stand firm and hold on.
Those claims, alleging that AccuPay had been pilfering tax payments for several years, are on hold, following the firm's bankruptcy filing in March.
Groupon confirmed that the deal was "on hold" because the charter firm was unable to currently fulfil it.
Every time his firm wants to hold a rally above a certain size, it must first seek permission from the local authorities.
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