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"As Army always does, you held the line," Trump said.
By contrast, Mr. Shanahan has held the line for Mr. Trump.
But Democrats held the line and protected a woman's right to choose.
Republicans held the line on policy by allowing total defeat on philosophy.
The courts have however held the line of separation between the branches.
The House Republican caucus held the line after meeting at 6 p.m.
For weeks, Republicans have held the line in defense of their president.
These Palestinians, alongside their Israeli neighbors, held the line against the raging flames.
This comes after the Federal Open Market Committee held the line in January.
Our front line leaders, especially our junior officers and sergeants, have held the line.
We have always held the line that any group interested in our march can participate.
As of mid-afternoon Monday, they appeared to have held the line for another day.
The policymaking Federal Open Market Committee most recently has held the line on further moves.
Collymore held the line, refusing to slash prices in his drive to provide better services.
In a CNBC interview last week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin held the line on this forecast.
In World War l, I marched on the Marne and held the line at Belleau Wood.
But they held the line on a single proposal: Bush's plan to partially privatize Social Security.
One cannot dispute that here too in Paris, "she" -- Notre Dame -- held the line against the fire.
But mortgage lenders have held the line on strict credit and income standards when they approve a mortgage.
States that have held the line against expanding Medicaid should stand firm through Obama's last year in office.
"Sotheby's has held the line," said Guy Jennings, managing director of the Fine Art Fund Group in London.
The Fed cut rates three times in 2019 but has held the line at the last two meetings.
She's largely held the line since then, repeating that committees can still investigate Trump without opening impeachment proceedings.
"We held the line," said Barbara Madeloni, the president of the state's largest teachers' union, the Massachusetts Teachers Association.
However, the company has held the line on refusing to apply limits to political ads — with the occasional exception.
Moreover, the Fed continued to keep raising rates through 3.03 and into 2017 while the banks held the line.
Against domestic and foreign opposition, she has held the line on the EU's sanctions against Russia over its land grabs.
China's central bank held the line on the yuan for a fourth straight session, calming fears of a sustained depreciation.
But progressive groups say they think Trump would have shouldered more of the blame if Democrats had held the line.
But for the moment, the election commission has held the line against allowing terrorist organizations to contest elections in Pakistan.
It has held the line and so has reinforced, in a time of indignities, the dignity of the French state.
Ever since Trump announced his "we're fighting all the subpoenas" strategy, his administration has held the line and defied congressional subpoenas.
A divided Federal Reserve held the line on interest rates Wednesday and indicated formally that no cuts are coming in 226.
The PBOC has held the line on its currency in the past few days, calming some fears of a sustained depreciation.
A dovish Federal Reserve held the line on interest rates Wednesday and substantially scaled back its expectations for further moves ahead.
In 2018, a strong year over all for Pennsylvania Democrats, Republicans mostly held the line in the counties outside of Pittsburgh.
Indians second baseman Jose Ramirez cut the deficit to 4-2 with a run-scoring groundout, but Pressly held the line there.
Do not be fooled by the last two weeks, when the 212ers held the line against the Giants' and Seahawks' run games.
Admirably, the American Conservative has held the line and resisted crossing over into open white nationalism, but they're basically alone in that.
He held the line against countless executive and judicial nominations until Democrats finally went nuclear and eliminated the filibuster for those in 2013.
The commission maintains that it has held the line on deficits, and Portugal claims to be the vanguard of an anti-austerity revolution.
The "little ships" were a fixed point of courage for the weary civilians to brace against as they held the line at home.
Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve held the line on its benchmark interest rate, characterizing economic growth as solid even as inflation remains tame.
His remarks come just days after the committee held the line on rates but provided indication that future cuts are forthcoming if conditions weaken.
George has been a consistent dissenter this year at Federal Open Market Committee meetings, encouraging rate hikes while her counterparts have held the line.
A divided Fed held the line on interest rates at its meeting this week and indicated there are still no cuts coming in 2019.
Irish diplomats quickly convinced their European colleagues to treat the border as a priority in the Brexit talks, and have held the line since.
Why it matters: Until now, Pelosi has held the line with other House Democratic leaders in opposition of kick-starting impeachment proceedings against Trump.
China's central bank held the line on its currency in the past few days, calming fears of a sustained depreciation - at least for now.
Gold rose on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held the line on interest rates and substantially scaled back its expectations for further moves ahead.
During the day both indexes pressed against support levels they found in January after a sharp crash, but late afternoon buying held the line.
The others, Esther George of Kansas City and Eric Rosengren of Boston, voted no because they felt the Fed should have held the line.
But the fiscal moderate has held the line on committing more funds to such programs in the absence of new revenue streams for the state.
Three Democrats who had telegraphed that they would deflect and vote against impeachment for at least one article did so, while Republicans held the line.
Soleimani traveled to both countries in recent weeks to ensure his Hezbollah and PMF allies held the line to protect Iran's political and military influence.
South Carolina Senate Democrats were not only fighting for women in South Carolina, but last night they held the line for women's rights across the nation.
But they held the line; a trio in their 20s who were waiting for a cab couldn't even confirm or deny that they worked at Foxconn.
But he also held the line on some of the church's most controversial policies, and introduced others that roiled even some of its most faithful members.
Moving forward, states that have held the line on expansion should take pride in knowing they made the right decision and saved themselves from this nightmare.
While Republican candidates held the line in Ohio and apparently squeaked out narrow victories in Florida, voters turned leftward in three key states in the Upper Midwest.
The Federal Reserve held the line on interest rates at its meeting this week, though it did give a nod to growing optimism among the business community and consumers.
When I called him back Tuesday, Larson held the line: Since there are no "bullets flying" directly between Russian and American forces, treason is simply not on the table.
She noted that Vietnam had so far "held the line" on a separate plan to drill for gas in another area of the sea in partnership with Exxon Mobil.
The next day, during the veterans march, he "held the line," meaning he joined a row of Natives who linked arms to keep the crowd from approaching the construction site.
While Mr. Mattis resigned in protest of Mr. Trump's policies — including the surprise announcement that American troops would withdraw from Syria — Mr. Shanahan has held the line for the president.
And the police, in a city where demonstrations routinely turn violent or destructive, held the line against both sides, later dispersing the crowds with flash-bang grenades and pepper spray.
They held the line — some 600 miles long — for nearly three years, saving the ailing state of Iraq and paving the way for the nearing defeat of the Islamic State.
Democrats will focus on how they protected ObamaCare from repeal, held the line on spending cuts, and list the priorities they would tackle if voters returned them to the majority.
While he has held the line on tax rates, Christie has raised additional revenue by cutting back on tax breaks like the earned income tax credit and property tax relief programs.
Regional presidents Esther George of Kansas City and Eric Rosengren of Boston again voted against a reduction, with both maintaining that the committee should have held the line at the previous rate.
The group of conservative agitators who've irked leadership, held the line against spending bills and rebelled against trade priorities of leaders have now helped delay a health care vote at least one day.
Proportional-representation, though leading to endless changes of government, produced an underlying stability during the cold war, as successive administrations led by the Christian Democrats held the line against a powerful Communist Party.
While Aaron led the charge to create a distraction, his husband took a dangerous position and held the line, but it cost him a nasty-looking shot through the gut to do so.
"Through rain, hail, snow, mud, poisonous gas, bullets and more, they held the line and pushed onward to victory," Trump said of the soldiers who died for the allied cause a century ago.
Mitchell and Lester Holt held the line against candidates talking over each other and speaking past their time limits, and Holt especially was willing to ask follow-up questions when candidates were evasive.
Despite their general optimism, the committee held the line on interest rates, primarily citing a lack of inflation pressures that allow the central bank to watch how events unfold before making any further moves.
On Capitol Hill, there were signs that Republicans, who mostly held the line after Mr. Comey's ouster, were growing alarmed by Mr. Trump's White House operation and impatient for something to be done about it.
For all the intense political pressure to ease policy and the mixed growth/inflation data, the U.S. central bank held the line on Wednesday and refused to signal anything other than it was still on pause.
But replacing current tuition levels would be an enormous bailout for states that haven't been meeting their obligations, while badly shortchanging those that have held the line on college costs during good economic times and bad.
Though the FOMC held the line on rates at the June meeting, markets still widely expect a cut at the July 30-31 gathering followed by two more quarter-point reductions by the end of the year.
But Daniel Johnnes, Dinex's wine director, and four of his sommeliers mercifully held the line to five courses, each served with two wines (or a wine and a beer, in one case) meant to counter enduring shibboleths.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank held the line on its yuan for a fourth straight session on Wednesday while putting the squeeze on offshore sellers of the currency, dampening fears of a sustained depreciation - at least for now.
The US has held the line on its calls for Assad to step down from power both because of the egregious human rights violations he has committed, but also with an eye toward greater US influence in the region.
Still, Mr. Cuomo has warned of the lure of Texas and other low-tax states, saying that his state is in competition for jobs and talent, and noting that he has held the line on taxes in New York.
In 2011, the government held the line at four competitors by blocking a proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, and it did so again in 2014, when it blocked an effort by Sprint to buy T-Mobile.
Dipping into National Parks fees — During the five-week government shutdown earlier this year, the Trump administration siphoned cash from National Park Service fees to keep services going as the president held the line on demanding border wall funding.
The comments came as the central bank held the line Wednesday, however, while many market watchers consider that the Fed will not raise until May, Feldstein, now a Harvard professor, said the Federal Open Market Committee isn't pointing in that direction.
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They fought with counterdemonstrators and menacingly encircled student activists who held the line at the statue of Thomas Jefferson — the image of the darker circle of students surrounded by the light from burning tiki torches becoming an image that traveled widely on social media.
Even as the high-end store held the line on storewide promotions, its commitment to matching other stores' prices contributed to a 1.8 percent dent in its gross margin — a hit that was exacerbated by its need to mark down merchandise to clear inventory.
Pricing has mostly stabilized compared to earlier in the year, as traditional middle market lenders have held the line at 400bp over Libor for a first-lien institutional term loan, but spreads could potentially come under pressure again if demand ramps up even further.
The Stone has held the line for a kind of music presenting that prizes direct engagement, allowing improvisers and audiences to meet each other head-on, sharing in the work of building whatever it is — energy, focus, faith, chimera — that comprises a musical performance.
From the Senate, where Democrats held the line on the Neil Gorsuch filibuster, to the House, where they stood firm on Obamacare repeal, to the streets, where people have made clear their determination to stand up and be counted, the opposition is behaving like an opposition.
Now, in all three cases governments held the line and despite showing signs that they might change policy, have stuck to the principle that while invading, annexing, and dismantling neighbouring countries may have been acceptable in the past, the world is far less tolerant of it today.
Democrats have also raised concerns about foreign spending at Trump's hotel in Washington, DC. While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team have said they support Nadler's efforts and investigation, they've held the line on actually impeaching Trump, arguing that the public doesn't support it.
It's a scenario that would have been unimaginable just eight years ago, when Republicans routinely bludgeoned President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus package, held the line on debt ceiling increases and took back the House of Representatives on a tea-party-fueled message of fiscal austerity.
To them, it was kind of a pleasant surprise when Democrats held the line Friday night and agreed to allow the shutdown deadline to pass with no deal — and then a crushing return to form on Monday when they, yet again, broke their own apparent promises to themselves and to immigrants.
The situation is complicated by the fact that Republicans last year denied Democrats the ability to filibuster a Supreme Court candidate, a tool that would have previously enabled the most vulnerable Democrats to side with the president even as the rest of the party held the line against the nominee and satisfied anxious liberal voters.
As employers have largely held the line on pay raises, successfully negotiating for more pay could be part of the solution to closing the gender pay gap, according to Kim Churches, head of the AAUW, which also runs negotiation workshops in other cities across the country, including Boston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Using two-hour sessions, the AAUW has trained more than 100,000 women in the last year, Churches said, and about 60% of participants said they successfully negotiated with what they've learned, according to a three- to six-month follow up.
As employers have largely held the line on pay raises, successfully negotiating for more pay could be part of the solution to closing the gender pay gap, according to Kim Churches, head of the American Association of University Women, which now runs negotiation workshops in cities across the country, including Boston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. In two-hour sessions, the AAUW has trained more than 100,000 women in the last year, Churches said, and about 60% of participants said they successfully negotiated with what they've learned, according to a three- to six-month follow up.

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