The same pattern held true in early exit polling from the Texas Democratic primary.

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This result held true even when confounding factors like income levels were accounted for.

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Their actions held true to the SEAL Creed and they all fought valiantly to the end.

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This is based on the fact that over the past nine years these assumptions have held true.

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That held true back when holding periods were five to eight years, and in the years since.

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The same held true for those in physics, medicine, engineering and world languages.

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So far, both of those patterns have also held true to their history.

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The same effect held true for other auction items, with the result that relaxed participants over-valued items by an average of 15%.

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Last year, Research International surveyed 1, 500 people in 41 countries aged 18-34 and found that this held true even for political activists.

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The same phenomenon held true in Q1 2012, and has held worldwide.

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If there is one thing that has held true at Chrysler over the years, it is the sanctity of the iconic Jeep brand.

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Its movement looks like a regular sine wave function within pretty defined parameters, and this pattern has held true for the last 1200 days.

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These connections held true even when other factors during childhood, like parenting, antisocial behavior early on, and socioeconomic status were taken out of the equation.

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He added that some of these factors also held true for the extreme edges of Scotland, while the Orkney islands showed DNA connections to Norway.

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The same held true for post-World War II rebuilding of Japan and Germany, also coming off a much lower per capita income and consumption base.

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This has held true even when it meant crossing party lines.

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That's held true every year but three since 1981.

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The market had basically held true to its news-driven moniker by falling on bad news relating to the risk of a nuclear catastrophe and then rising when those worries abated in the afternoon.

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The same held true for IT companies and telecom, which until a decade ago had very minimal exposure in the indices and today have a combined weight of almost 16-18% in the Sensex.

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This held true for both traditional college students, teenagers and young adults whose parents often benefited from the credits, and for non-traditional students, typically older students who could take the tax credits themselves.

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Well, that analogy held true over the years.

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That held true for the 2012 Oscars as well, but take a look at this list supplied by Social TV metrics company Trendrr comparing how the Academy Awards fared against some of its younger siblings.

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The same held true for their foe.

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None of that held true, of course.

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This pattern held true with other facts.

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So far, this has held true.

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Regarding language barriers, I try to use as few words as possible, and most of the ideas are expressed with the visuals so my videos are clear to people no matter what language they speak, and it held true with the Games We Play video.

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In fact, if the historical record held true and Richard's body was stripped of its armor and flung face-down over a horse after the battle, he would have been in exactly the right position to allow someone to stab him upward in the right buttock, explaining one strike to the skeleton's pelvis.

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Not everyone agrees with this theory but it is quite widely held to be true.

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The Japanese believed in the unwritten Samurai code of conduct, known as Bushido, which held that the true warrior was willing to die for the Emperor and would never surrender.

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