For so long, Brazil was a nation brimming with potential but held back by politics, both at home and abroad.
It was earmarked for inclusion in a 2001 lease sale but held back after objections from Floridians--an important presidential voting bloc.
Out at the Wilma Flor school we found teachers clearly wanting to do better but held back, ironically, by a lack of teaching for themselves.
Second, companies which might normally hire a middle manager, but held back in the recession, reason that as they have coped thus far without one, another year would not hurt.
There's yet another catch for Gemstar: TV Guide Interactive was built for a high-speed set-top box, Motorola's DCT 5000, which was promised months ago but held back because of high costs and software integration glitches.
Now on to 2011: The economy should continue its slow growth this year, inspired by ongoing government stimulus and support, but held back by continuing high unemployment, and a housing industry still mired in a depression, which will keep consumer spending (65% of the economy) muted.
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The Kan government considered increases in income taxes and corporate taxes, but was held back by worries of effects on the economy.
Last spring, with some of you, I traveled to Africa, where I saw democracy and reform rising, but still held back by violence and disease.
Overall the survey shows American health improving in meaningful ways, but still held back by three serious challenges: Childhood poverty, increasing obesity and inadequate insurance coverage.
In the script, he was a guy from the country who came to the city to make it as a musician but was held back by the trickery of a record-company owner.
But he held back his beaver pelts.
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The Beastie, whose nature was to comfort, tried to go to her, but Titania held it back.
But potential bidders held back, out of fear of American punishment.
MGM, on the other hand, is well positioned to absorb recovering VIP growth in Macau, but will be held back by limited upside potential in Las Vegas.
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Crestor, an even more powerful statin from AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) could also benefit, but may be held back because it does not have the same track record of safety as Lipitor.
But the European Union held back, saying it would discuss the issue again in September.
But when women are held back anywhere, the world is held back.
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But the project was held back by the city authorities' reluctance to allow residential accommodation and by strict limits placed on commercial space.
Many AP photos are sent directly to news websites with no outside filtering, but this picture was held back so editors could make their own judgments about whether to use it.
Thousands of troops have surrounded the mosque and an adjoining seminary for women over the past six days in the heart of the Pakistani capital, but have so far held back from an all-out assault.
Phase two of Operation Stack is in operation on the M20, meaning coastbound traffic is taken off the motorway at junction eight and lorries heading for the Channel Tunnel or Port of Dover put back, but held in a queue.
But officials held Leekley and his boat back, fearing they might block the path of smaller rescue vehicles.
Beckham's teammates held him back, but after the incident, the then England captain appeared with a medical dressing over the cut above his eye.
But efforts at reform have been held back by a lack of information on how many gangmasters exist and how many warm bodies they provide.
When she came back, she won three of the next four games to level the set at 4-4, but Azarenka broke back and then held her serve to level the match.
But his words at Stanford back then held nothing of ambition and desire and everything about love and truth.
They came back at us but we held on and performed heroically.
As in previous months, cuts by state and local governments held back the total, but those cuts are, finally, diminishing as receipts to state coffers start to rise again.
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