And, since in the end almost everybody needs them, doctors have a special hold over people.
Anyone wanting to touch the ball will have to hold it over a cushioned table.
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Then this week Infosys, a big software firm, put on hold a development centre that would have created over 10, 000 jobs.
I've flipped thousands of those light-as-air, moist and slightly tart pancakes over the years, and they still have a hold on me.
We believe that online marketplaces hold an inherent advantage over traditional auction marketplaces because they have a larger number of participants, thus facilitating more efficient price discovery and greater liquidity.
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For all the concerns over inflation, many economists have opined that a weakening economy will hold back rising prices.
First, in order to turn you have to lean over to drag a hand, right or left, while grabbing hold of the sled on the opposite side.
This morning the President expressed frustration over the fact that some of his nominees have been subject to a hold for an unrelated piece of business.
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Despite their failure to do anything about the House of Lords for two centuries, they have cast themselves as the true modernisers, eager for a largely-elected second chamber to hold an over-mighty executive (Tony Blair) to account.
Is his hold over his appointed officials so weak that he could not have enjoined them to keep a national security secret for a few weeks?
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Because I still have a deathly fear of offending someone or talking about something way off-topic, I often hold my hand over my mouth in meetings to keep from speaking.
But the Yankees, with their never-ending quest to win yesterday, have found themselves saddled with a long-in-the-tooth roster that is highly unlikely to hold up over the grind of a 162-game schedule.
Although there is dissatisfaction with the authoritarian leader and his family, who are believed to have amassed significant wealth over the years and who hold key positions in politics and in business, he has a proven track record of economic reforms that have helped create a real middle class.
When they hold a hearing on some aspect of the work of government they have detailed information, analysed by experts and looked over by accountants in an exhaustive process in which the facts and figures are normally thrashed out to everyone's satisfaction well in advance.
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