11.   It is too early to know whether peace will hold for long.

12.   Most refugees are not expected to travel until the spring thaw, when they will also have a better opportunity to judge if peace is holding.

13.   No lasting peace could hold without him, but none could be negotiated with him either.

14.   Nobody expected the peace to hold forever, but things have spiraled out of control badly in the last six months.

15.   Often on this trip, Clinton has pointed to the prospect of jobs and wealth as one of the prizes awaiting Northern Ireland if the peace holds.

16.   Peace only can hold when the lowest common denominators -- the fanatics of both sides -- agree to it, and they never will.

17.   Saunders, of Laconia, conceded there are many questions about whether that peace will hold, especially after US troops leave in a year.

18.   The peace has held, thanks in part to an international NATO army that includes U.S. troops.

19.   They arrive here sick and malnourished, praying that peace will hold.

20.   They have scant hope that any peace will hold in Bosnia, and fear that American troops would be pulled into a bloody conflict.