• "To hold on to the end was great for our guys, there's great self-belief in our side and great credit to Wales who played extremely well, " he told BBC Sport.

    CNN: All Blacks and Wallabies claim wins

  • The October Surprise -- "the really stinky piece of information that campaigns hold on to until the end of the election, " as Michael McDonald, an associate professor at George Mason University who specializes in American elections, puts it -- will have to be a September Surprise to have much effect.

    CNN: In voting, the early bird skips the line

  • But Ridnour didn't get the call he wanted on a drive to the basket, and Smith converted a three-point play on the other end to hold off the feisty Wolves, who again were playing without Kevin Love (broken hand), Chase Budinger (knee) and Andrei Kirilenko (quad).

    WSJ: Melo's 36 lift Knicks over Wolves, 100-94

  • To mollify the donors, Mr Museveni will hold a referendum at the end of this month on whether to allow a return to multi-party politics.

    ECONOMIST: Uganda

  • The yen firmed up after the Bank of Japan decided to keep monetary policy on hold, at the end of the final policy meeting for Governor Masaaki Shirakawa.

    WSJ: Nikkei Sets Fresh 2013 High

  • While we were somewhat conflicted, given that the shares now trade for 12 times book value, in the end we decided to hold on a while longer as the current price-to-sales ratio of less than two is quite low for this sector, and we have previously sold Avanex on two separate occasions at much higher prices.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • And Barry Legg, of the Conservative eurosceptic Bruges Group said it effectively meant "the end of David Cameron's promise to hold a referendum on the EU Constitution".

    BBC: Clarke heads Cameron's reshuffle

  • As usual, all bets are off if the euro blows up, but if the Europeans can manage to hold on to their single currency, the average UK household probably won't get to the end of the year poorer, in real terms, than they were at the start.

    BBC: Reasons to be cheerful (part 1)

  • "Craig's going to hold the ball up, get on the end of crosses and bring other players into the game, but don't get him to chase a 50-yard through-ball, " he said.

    BBC: Craig Brewster

  • They were planning to hold off on a strike when their contract expires at the end of the month until June.

    NPR: Hollywood Writers May Strike over New Media

  • But if he is to benefit from any slip-up on Vettel's part, Alonso knows he has to hold up his end of the bargain.

    WSJ: Vettel Leaves Nothing to Chance

  • When they call the IRS with questions related to these notices, they end up on hold.

    FORBES: As IRS Tax Filing Season Begins, Bad News For Honest Taxpayers

  • Overall, women employees earned on average only 83% as much as men did, because women tended to hold positions at the low end of the pay scale, while men were disproportionately represented at the upper end.

    FORBES: Having A Woman Boss Doesn't Help Women Get Ahead

  • Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas, whose attacks on Israeli troops were decisive in persuading Israel to end it occupation of south Lebanon, hold sway over much of the area in the absence of a strong Lebanese Government presence.

    BBC: UN peacekeepers

  • But Mr Major's decision to end Parliament nearly three weeks before it was strictly necessary to do so to hold the election on May 1st has ensured that the report cannot now be published before the election.

    ECONOMIST: Parliamentary sleaze

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