The next generation will not be held hostage to energy sources from the last century.
But a more rational American policy should not be held hostage to an immediate response.
Most Lebanese, including a growing number of Shias, are tired of being held hostage to outmoded heroic notions.
For months, U.S. markets have been held hostage to the developments in Europe as investors have overlooked strong corporate profits.
How can innovation and long term structural changes happen under such constant pressures when industry leaders, are held hostage to those expectations?
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Meanwhile, the country is held hostage to the battle of the brands.
"The American people are held hostage to the selfish political interests of partisans on both sides, " says Hofmeister, the former Shell chief executive.
Otherwise, he argues, the present will always be held hostage to the future, forgoing its own consumption to further enrich all the generations to come.
Families have been held hostage to spikes in gas prices.
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The problem -- the issue here is the debt ceiling has to be raised, and it cannot be held hostage to a process that is very complicated and difficult.
Western governments, including the Vatican, have refused to play a game of reciprocity, where the freedom of their own Muslim citizens is held hostage to the status of Christians and other minorities in the Islamic world.
First, it reduces the chance that our families, our businesses, and our economy will be held hostage to the whims of the oil market -- will be held hostage to something that happens on the other side of the world.
But Republicans in Congress have refused, insisting that millionaires and billionaires, the top 2 percent of wage earners in this country -- that the tax cuts of middle-class Americans should be held hostage to tax breaks for the wealthiest 2 percent.
"It would be disappointing and disturbing if our ability to provide assistance to victims of natural disasters and our troops in Bosnia and Iraq were held hostage to partisan politics in the House, " White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles said in a statement.
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One way to assure that our economy is not held hostage to the fate of just a few behemoth organizations is to make sure that consumers have more than just a few large firms like Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase or Wells Fargo where they can place their money.
While the United States is properly concerned whenever its citizens are abused or held hostage, efforts to protect them should not create potentially greater risks for other Americans in the future.
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They made it clear they were no longer prepared to be held hostage by the Greeks.
We cannot let sensible solutions continue to be held hostage by hidden agendas.
The market continues to be held hostage by the European crisis and the barrage of unconfirmed reports that hit the newswires each day.
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Have you ever found yourself in the unenviable position of desiring to terminate an employee only to be held hostage by the fear of losing the knowledge that they possess?
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Another is that Russia, underminer-in-chief of the previous inspections, is now less likely to want its improved ties with America to be held hostage by Iraq (especially, it hints, if its commercial interests are somehow taken care of).
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" We can't really recall Apple ever being much into this "choice" thing of which he speaks, but he went on to decry Intel's practices as having stifled growth in the PC industry, and then went in for some rhetorical action: "Knowing Apple, why would they want to be held hostage like everyone else has been?
They fear a repetition of the heavy-handed and only partially successful operation by the Philippine army in April and May to free Filipinos held hostage by Abu Sayyaf on the nearby island of Basilan.
Those folks have held tax cuts for the middle class hostage to get these tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
However, the UK Government may come under fire from the opposition Conservative Party, which called for the army to be withdrawn after a British soldier died during September's daring operation to rescue British troops held hostage by the West Side Boys militia.
It should also mean having the freedom to choose broker dealers without being held hostage by rules that have no practical benefit for investors.
On January 11, 2013, French forces conducted an operation in Somalia in which they attempted to rescue a French citizen being held hostage by al-Shabaab.
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