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Lifting the contribution limits, I just can't do that. It's a pretty deeply held belief of mine.

'Madame Bovary' advanced slowly, as slowly as it would have to have, given an author who held himself accountable to each word, that it be the right word, of which there could be only one.

Levi, Clint and Zach held spots four through six and are running well. Calvin was our number seven and he will be challenged by the two freshmen.

Levi can play multiple positions, he's a fierce competitor and he has adjusted to his new role of coming into games. He held down the fort. The guys were a little flat and I was concerned about the amount of games over the past week and a half.

Let us see him. Why be held incommunicado? If they want to, charge him with a crime.

Let the message go out that in this country, when a police officer kills an innocent victim, he will be held accountable.

Libertarians believe that any government interference is bad. Anyone with a brain knows that climate change needs governmental leadership, and they can smell this is bad news for their philosophy. Their ideology is so strongly held that, remarkably, it's overcoming the facts.

Losses build character. After the loss to Sim, we held him hostage to work harder and do more on the mat. He came back and beat him. And that fueled his fire.

Lourdes gave us a tough game at home. They held us to 35 points the first time and we talked about how aggressive Lourdes is defensively. The kids were ready.

Last year's team was a pretty young team. There were guys who got to Double-A for the first time and they held their own. We may feel, by the end of March, they could benefit from a little more time in Double-A.

Let's fight together so this event won't be held every four years but rather every two, so the baseball world won't have to wait so long to enjoy this.

Many of these same Auxiliarist's, who responded with the BEAR Foundation, work in Sector New York and attended a seminar on 'Responding to the 500 Year Flood', held in the first week of June,

Many homeowners might have saved tens of thousands of dollars had they held adjustable-rate mortgages rather than fixed-rate mortgages during the past decade.

Many White House photo-ops are staged events, but did the most recent one go too far? President Bush held a video conference on Thursday with U.S. troops in Iraq. But some eyebrows were raised by what came over the satellite beforehand: A Pentagon aide rehearsing the soldiers' answers. We'll have more on that just ahead.

Shareholders are putting pressure on all publicly held companies that this is an important area of corporate responsibility. One way that Chevron responds is by pointing out we've invested and have businesses like Chevron Energy Solutions working with our own company to reduce our carbon emissions but also with other businesses and important public institutions.

Several of these proposals would require the Legislature's approval. We therefore stand ready to heed a call for a special session, to be held as soon as possible, to deal solely with these proposals and no other matters.

Second place wouldn't be that important, except in this case second place is held by Babe Ruth, who is the central figure in baseball history. He is more like Paul Bunyan. He's a mythical figure. Passing Babe Ruth is a big deal, but not because he's in second place.

Seasonally adjusted net mortgage lending fell back to around the recent trend in January and the level of approvals, in particular for equity withdrawal, held up well in what is traditionally a slow month.

Security agencies have pledged maximum security for the polls so we are confident that elections will be held smoothly, despite the difficult situation.

Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act of 1996 made clear that interactive computer services could not be held liable as publishers or speakers of content posted by third parties. It also provides that no cause of action may be brought, and no liability may be imposed under any state or local law that is inconsistent with the section. And what he proposes is a state law that is inconsistent with that section.

Secretary Rumsfeld takes the extraordinary position in his brief that ordering torture was 'within the scope of his employment' as Secretary of Defense. Especially in light of recent finds that no one at senior levels has been held to account for gross acts of torture and abuse of detainees, this is a remarkable abdication of the responsibility of command.

So far, the debt payment ratio (of loan payments to income) hasn't been higher this decade than during the 1990s, but it's been partly held in check by lower interest rates. In some sense, we haven't seen the whole burden bearing down yet.

So far, the biggest surprise is how effective a job the government is doing. The case is stronger than I thought it would be. The witnesses have been more effective than I thought they would be. And the young prosecutors have more than held their own against the more experienced defense attorneys.

So many people got us through the loss. Certainly beginning with family on all sides, tremendous friends, Sonny's congressional friends -- they really held me up in a huge way. I had a handful of members of Congress at my house everyday after Sonny died for about a week. They were there with me. But mostly, I think my children ... the big thing that my kids needed ... to know was that they lost their dad and they needed (to know) mom was strong and mom would go on.

So many people got us through the loss, ... Certainly beginning with family on all sides, tremendous friends, Sonny's congressional friends -- they really held me up in a huge way. I had a handful of members of Congress at my house everyday after Sonny died for about a week. They were there with me. But mostly, I think my children ... the big thing that my kids needed ... to know was that they lost their dad and they needed (to know) mom was strong and mom would go on.

She took it in, and I could tell it really registered with her. But she held her personal emotions to get the broadcast on the air.

She was the rock of Dallas. She was just a really nice woman and a wonderful actress. She was kind of the glue that held the whole thing together.

She was their one shooter and we knew that, but just didn't do a good job of keeping an eye on her and defending the screen. I finally put our two best defenders on her in the second half, and they held her to just one the rest of the way.

She was the glue who held us all together.

She was so quick at getting to the ball. Really, the young lady has got a tremendous vertical. This year she hit outside for us a lot of times. We didn't take her out when she went to the front row because she held her own blocking and everything. She had several blocks.

She stood framed in the doorway, tall, mystic, silent, with strange, wistful face and deep soul shining in her dark questioning eyes. Nigel kissed the hand that she held out, and all his faith in woman and his reverence came back to him as he looked at her.

She was kind of the glue that held the whole thing together.

She was in a position of trust as a public servant, so we held her to a higher standard than we normally would.

Somebody has to be held accountable. We need to find out who was responsible for the mess over there.

shouldn't be held hostage to threats of litigation.

should have been held on high bail whether he was or he wasn't a police officer. Everybody should be held to an extremely high standard when it comes to drunk driving.

She couldn't say nothing, ... I just held her head in my hands, because that's all I could get up, and tears rolled down her face, and she died.

She has held some very prestigious positions and brings a wealth of experience to our university and to the College of Business Administration in particular, ... She has the bearing of one who has handled positions of high visibility and demand with excellence. There are not many people that have the breadth of experience that she has.

She anchors our defense and our offense. She runs the show. We've held it down while she's gone, but that would be a huge boost.

Since this is a tournament held in Japan, of course I'd liketo win it, be seen in a good light and see my stock go up, ... But it's important to play onegame at a time and not get tense like I did today.

Since the resumption of the talks, all parties have held a series of one-on-one meetings to be acquainted with each other's position, ... In the following step, the parties will continue to hold bilateral consultations according to their needs.

Since Illinois is the birthplace of Special Olympics, the first Games were held in July 1968 at Chicago's Soldier Field, many groups felt there was a need for a physical tribute in this state to the athletes and the Special Olympics movement.

She never got caught up and never was held back, so she fell through the cracks. By the time she entered middle school, she was overwhelmed and way behind.

She is a Microsoft program officer. She is a liberal activist. She's never held office. That is not a recipe for a top-tier congressional election.

She held her composure out there and she got out of it. (Selden) did a great job for us out there today.

Most of the test events were held last winter with great success and in November and December we will have the final test events. We are getting close.

Most people realize that this administration has done almost nothing to perpetuate the views that many of the people held when they voted for them on Cuba politics. I believe Cuba is about to become a focus again. This is all stuff to gear up for the electoral cycle. The spy case was an attempt to put up some points on the Republican side.

Mike held us in the game in the first. Then it was really of combination of guys that really stepped up for us.

Missouri's highest courts and a jury of Marlin Gray's peers determined unequivocally that he should be held accountable for Julie and Robin Kerry's deaths, ... I support the sentence issued and affirmed by both Missouri and U.S. Courts and believe justice has been served. My thoughts and prayers are with family and friends who mourn the loss of Julie and Robin.

MOLECULE, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. Three great scientific theories of the structure of the universe are the molecular, the corpuscular and the atomic. A fourth affirms, with Haeckel, the condensation of precipitation of matter from ether --whose existence is proved by the condensation of precipitation. The present trend of scientific thought is toward the theory of ions. The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion. A fifth theory is held by idiots, but it is doubtful if they know any more about the matter than the others.

Milosevic is responsible for the welfare of those people, ... When we go into Kosovo finally, he will be held responsible for what we find.

MOFCOM held a conference on Tuesday among major domestic textile exporters, listening to the obstacles they encountered in textile trade with the United States as well as suggestions and demands for future trade.

Meetings were held here (in Gaza) two months ago with French officials.

(Menino) was outstanding. He held them off pretty good in this game to keep it close for awhile.

Men, driven on by thirst, run about like a snared hare; held in fetters and bonds, they undergo pain for a long time, again and again.

My job's no different. I'm held to the same standard, and I'm expected to do well. If I don't do well, they're going to look for somebody who can.

My jaw hurts a little bit. It was a good hit. All I had to do was concentrate on making sure I held the ball and not drop it so nobody could talk about it.

My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor.

Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted and it held me back.

Of course it's important to go down in the history, but we are already thinking about how we can get to the semi-finals. There is no limit to the ambitions of this team. Our dreams are being held in place by the hard work and dedication of the whole squad.

One way to ease liquidity for banks is that the government can buy all highly rated securities held by the banks. Every single bank in the U.A.E. has some sovereign debts in their portfolios. I am not asking them to buy any junk bonds, rather the high quality U.A.E. government debt.

My expectations for the weekend were always held in check. I had never seen the team perform.

Muriel, my mother, was my main confidant. She was a teacher of English at Watford grammar school but took a break while my sister Madeleine and I were children. She held court in the kitchen, and we talked about everything.

must be held to answer for its irresponsible decision.

Monetary policy can take a year, year and a half to rifle through the economy. Vehicle sales have held up somewhat better than what people have anticipated. You try to find balance ... When all is said and done, we don't anticipate the back end of this year to be a poor back end. We just continue to try to put forth what we think is the right balance. We're cautiously optimistic.

My heart definitely skipped a beat. The defense held on and really came up big.

My hats off to our sports medicine staff. They've done a great job of getting them back together and the doctors that we're working with have been great. We held them out an extra week, and that's a good thing, because we need them to be ready.

My guys did what they're supposed to do, ... They held their positions like I asked them to. We just took care of business.

My gut instinct is someone or some gang of thieves is targeting books (being held in places) with light security.

No one up the chain of command has ever been held accountable for what is in these horrifying images, and no true independent commission or special prosecutor has ever been allowed to investigate.

No one's more surprised than me. Very surprised. I hadn't trained very hard this winter. It (the course) wasn't too bad. I was glad the wind and the rain held off.

No one will ever be held responsible, not legally, not criminally, not politically, as long as this Liberal government is in power, ... A culture of waste, mismanagement and corruption is not going to fix itself.

Now that I think about it, maybe my own literary exploration of the dark secrets held by families could be traced back to V.C. Andrews.

Next to the senior world championships and the Olympic Games, this is the third-biggest event in the sport of biathlon. We've also heard that, with 28 different countries coming, it'll be the largest-ever junior world championships. That's quite a feat for (being held for) the first time in the United States.

Obviously this was a good win. We held them to 34% shooting, 59 points and outrebounded them by 14 (36-22).

Obviously I'm not very happy. I'm actually very concerned that we as a community will accept this and hope that we as a community - and I mean everybody - will do whatever it takes to put a stop to this and if we're aware of any of the perpetrators that we report them so that we can take care of them and they'll be held responsible.

Obviously he made some good throws, made some poor throws, got rid of the ball sometimes when he could, held the ball when he shouldn't,

Nothing else gives me quite so much satisfaction. ... These are people I have walked with, held hands with, prayed with. This is home for me. My shoes and my footprints are home.

Right in the middle of the game I thought we were in trouble and I just told them 24 minutes they have to pull it together and a team and they did. We held them to two goals in the second half. Our transition game was awesome, we took away the two guys that score 70 percent of their goals.

People were being held more accountable, which is great. But we'd rather have the SHARP volunteers be well-liked and be a positive influence in the community.

P.G. is fermented and held exclusively in stainless steel to maximize the brightness and freshness. It's a six-month wine from start to finish.

Pete came in and held the fort down and did a great job.

People would say that if we played anybody, any of the other 31 teams, that Wyoming Valley West doesn't stand a chance. But we scrimmaged Pocono Mountain East with a 6-9 kid and held our own.

People who are participating in athletics at UNM know they are in the public eye and they know they are held to a higher standard. I think athletes are aware of that and aware of the consequences.

Post prom will be held at the high school directly after prom has ended. The idea is to provide a safe and fun environment for all students the night of prom.

Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

Poor Joe-Joe never got a chance to live a normal life and spent most of his life in an institution. Then he dies this way. The system that allowed this to happen should be held accountable.

My U.N. five-point plan focuses on preventing proliferation, strengthening the legal regime, and ensuring nuclear safety and security - an effort that was given good momentum by the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul earlier this year. The world is over-armed, and peace is underfunded.

My understanding, for governmental entities, is that they are going to be held harmless, so it's really not an issue for the members of Congress and their staffs and the federal government and local governments.

Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway.

NFA is a very quick team. Instead of trying to make short passes, we did too much dribbling and turned the ball over. I was very happy with our defense, though. We held a good NFA team to 40 points until we ran out of gas late. We're primarily playing six guys, and Browning is just coming back off the flu.

Nobody holds training camp in January. It's held in July and August, and more is heaped upon the body. Nobody can dictate how much an athlete needs to eat or drink over the course of a day, and if it's hot and humid, he may not want to eat or drink as much. So now, he's at a higher risk. It's never usually one thing, but three or four factors that end up being the recipe for disaster.

Nixon had already resigned and the held opinion (in Hollywood) was 'No one cares. No one wants to hear about this. And I said, 'No, it's not about Nixon. It's about something else. It's about investigative journalism and hard work.

Nevertheless we want to address the concerns raised by the NAACP in the press as expeditiously as possible, ... If there is something there, we will deal with it. If not, we want to clear the program's name. We do not want unspecified allegations to impugn the integrity of a program that has been held in high regard locally and nationally.

Nevertheless, there are still many more being held in the prisons.

News that four foreign oil workers held hostage by Nigerian militants have been released (was) helping prices to ease back a bit.

One of the most profound things for me is that my character's name was held by somebody, ... It's not just made up.

One of the individuals was being held by a police officer, a uniformed officer who was protected, and it appears from the debrief that we have done overnight that the suspect managed to break free from the officer, the two of them have then literally, in fighting, gone into the kitchen area, where the suspect has managed to grab hold of a knife,

I was real pleased how we held our composure, and I'm disappointed we couldn't come out with a win.

I was seeded somewhere in the middle to the lower part of the final flight. I was hoping to get fourth or fifth. I popped out a 19-10 on my last jump and it held up. I can't complain about that.