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.
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.
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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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.
But West Ham showed superb resilience to hold firm and eventually set about creating chances of their own.
Both sides are deeply entrenched, claiming mandates from voters to hold firm.
Although he was roundly criticized for it at the time, many now believe Mr. Reagans decision to hold firm hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
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.
But will they hold firm if the price is to be passed over for ministerial office?
The U.S. dollar bulls continue to hold the firm overall technical advantage.
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For that reason, the firm is able to hold onto the bulk office supply market better than anyone else.
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.
After combing through MBIA's books, Warburg Pincus' partners concluded that marking to market the mortgage bonds it insures produces some scary numbers but doesn't threaten a firm that plans to hold the liabilities to maturity.
Stuxnet's creators are likely, according to the analysis produced by security firm Symantec, to have needed to get hold of SSL certificates in order to create files that had been "digitally signed to avoid suspicion".
The Unite union is to hold talks to save up to 190 jobs at a Welsh car filter firm on Friday.
Groupon confirmed that the deal was "on hold" because the charter firm was unable to currently fulfil it.
His firm, which tends to hold 25 to 30 stocks at a time, invests in all three companies.
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Wales' wonder kids late on showed they have resilience and brass in equal measure to stand firm and hold on.
The German firm not only agreed to hold on to a 20% equity stake in Chrysler, but also provided substantial financing.
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While a cash-rich firm might be able to hold their undervalued assets until they recover, forced sales at wobbly outfits drive values down further, triggering more losses.
Citigroup upgraded shares of Equinix from hold to buy Wednesday as the firm believes revenue will grow in the second half of the year, especially domesitc sales.
For large priced domain names, you can use a firm like Escrow.com to hold the funds until the name has transferred, which eliminates the risk of a shady party on the other side of the transaction.
The Democrats plan to hold noisy Congressional hearings on the firm in March.
The firm likewise cut Opnext and Oclaro to To Hold from Buy on concerns related to the issues at Fabrinet.
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Jeffrey Sherman, portfolio manager for commodities at investment firm DoubleLine, said his fund continues to hold precious metals as a hedge against the currency-eroding power of loose monetary policies.
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.
Only a united Europe could hold Gazprom accountable to transparency and competition rules, stopping the firm from dictating its terms and playing one EU country against the other.
Thus the danger is that both America and the squabbling Arab nations hold back from giving the Israelis and Palestinians the firm shove that they need to get them back to negotiating.
Third, if you are law firm that is hiring such a former partner, better to hold their bonus checks until you know you will get to keep the billings for the clients they brought with them.
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Other westerners also hold back, fearing the bad publicity that forced Talisman, a Canadian oil firm, to quit a few years ago.
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