11.   Republicans will likely maintain their hold on both houses of Congress following the November elections, Congressional Quarterly political editor Ron Elving told the Bloomberg Forum.

12.   The bonfire maintains its hold on many graduates.

13.   The Christmas-season struggle to maintain his hold on power left him drained, emotionally and physically, and diminished in the political arena.

14.   The high-stakes, increasingly high-decibel fight pits liquor wholesalers trying to maintain their hold on distribution against winemakers trying to reach new markets.

15.   The magazines, mostly European, maintain their hold on the cutting edge by hiring art photographers and giving them the widest possible latitude.

16.   The Republican Senate majority, which is desperate to maintain its hold on that seat, suddenly dropped its longstanding opposition to the bill.

17.   The skins remain popular in Europe, and snakeskin boots are likely to maintain their hold over would-be rock stars and barroom cowboys.

18.   Others argue that Syria itself could foster renewed sectarian battles to maintain its hold on the country.

19.   Barak added that Israel would also maintain a hold in the Jordan Valley and retain West Bank settlement blocs southwest of Jerusalem and northeast of Tel Aviv.

20.   But Sharon, a hard-liner, becomes more dependent on the moderate Labor Party to maintain his hold on power.