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.
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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Police officials maintain they are actively working the investigation and need to make sure the case is firm enough to hold up in court before they make any additional arrests.
As the clock ticks on a restructuring of an ill-fated UK-listed venture, the Bakries may be preparing to sell down Visi Media Asia, a television firm which they hold a majority stake.
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The other question which I wanted answered was how the firm had got hold of my number - which I've listed with the Telephone Preference Service in order to avoid getting these calls.
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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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.
For that reason, the firm is able to hold onto the bulk office supply market better than anyone else.
Then this week Infosys, a big software firm, put on hold a development centre that would have created over 10, 000 jobs.
The U.S. dollar bulls continue to hold the firm overall technical advantage.
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But CNN has been told that Issa has no firm plans yet to hold a committee vote, hoping instead that the threat will pressure Holder to provide the documents the Republicans want.
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