Word: holdes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Pirates Aim Higher With their capture of a colossal Saudi oil tanker on Nov. 15, Somali pirates seized their largest vessel yet amid a torrent of other hijackings in the Gulf of Aden, where there have been at least eight attacks in just the past two weeks. Pirates currently hold an estimated 17 vessels and some 300 crew for ransom. Some shipping firms are resorting to the long, costly route around Africa to avoid the gulf's dangerous waters...
Richard S. Kelley ’10 asked for a recount after the initial vote on Nov. 12 declared his opponent, Matthew S. Garcia ’10, the victor. A re-examination of the ballots yielded a different tally, prompting the organization’s board to hold a re-vote over the weekend...
...last two years indicates a need not for a majority of 51, but of 60 senators, the amount of votes needed to invoke cloture. The dust has hardly settled as we await results from recounts and runoffs, but it’s clear that the Democrats will hold between 58 and 60 seats in next year’s Senate. Thus the need for Lieberman’s vote has become significantly less apparent. Traditional moderates across the aisle, in the model of Sens. Olympia J. Snowe or Susan M. Collins, might be looked to as swing votes instead...
...part of that presentation, they must prove that, in the long run, they are "viable" companies that not only can repay whatever loans they receive but also can demonstrate that they won't need to come back and ask for more money. The two committees will hold hearings to vet the plans. If the plans are approved, Reid and Pelosi say they are willing to reconvene both chambers of Congress the week of Dec. 8 to pass a bailout. "Yes, we're kicking the can down the road, because that will give us the opportunity to do something positive...
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, alarmed that the agreement - which has taken nine months of painstaking negotiations - was about to unravel, fired broadsides in all directions. At a press conference, he lambasted naysayers as political opportunists who were trying to hold his government for ransom, in effect working against the national interest. His anger was directed not only at the Sunni, Sadrist and secular blocks in parliament, which have formed a loose coalition to oppose the SOFA; he also took an unrelated sideswipe at Kurdish politicians, without whose help he cannot hope to have the agreement ratified...