1.   One person said just holding the single chip and waiting to eat it had made him very nervous about the whole enterprise.

2.   He said merely holding a hearing did not mean Weld would win confirmation.

3.   Held said Eisenfeld had befriended a homeless woman in Jerusalem, and taught her how to knit yarmulkes.

4.   In the floor debate, Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., vice chairman of the Ethics Committee, said not holding public hearings would be unprecedented.

5.   Intertrust employees said holding onto the stock seemed like a good idea even after the stock fell, because everyone believed it would come back.

6.   Members of the clergy say holding a service now can also offer the promise of succor, at least for the believers.

7.   Tony Tristani, a computer analyst with SouthCoast Capital, says holding the top spot in the direct computer sales channel is significant.

8.   President Valdas Adamkus says holding the trial is critically important to Lithuania.

9.   Pittsburgh star Mario Lemieux said holding the game in Europe in non-Olympic years is feasible.

10.   Bosnian leaders say holding successful elections appeared impossible now because of the lack of free movement and the continued presence of Karadzic and Mladic in the Serb leadership.