1.   Despite its shaky hold on some poorer Andean countries, democracy will emerge strengthened across the hemisphere by the end of the year.

2.   One of these is a vulnerable little bird called the California gnatcatcher, whose shaky hold on survival got the whole process started six years ago.

3.   So it is a juggling act, given his shaky hold on power.

4.   The core group, under Chung Mong-hun, maintained a shaky hold on second place, after Samsung.

5.   Boris Yeltsin has a shaky hold on power.

6.   Fierce street fighting was reported hours after the religious militia claimed a shaky hold on Mazar-e-Sharif.

7.   India also is holding elections and Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao has a shaky hold on power.

8.   Street fighting is reported hours after the Taliban claims a shaky hold on the city.