21.   After dominating and then holding off Kansas in the semifinal, top-seeded Maryland faces a Hoosiers club that, on paper, looks overmatched.

22.   Allison held off Oleg Tverdovsky and finished off the play with a nice shot to beat Nikolai Khabibulin to the glove side.

23.   But a change of wind early Monday held off ocean tides and kept flooding to a minimum.

24.   But he held off filing until the two sides could meet again Friday morning.

25.   But he had the wire measured, and Charismatic held off the late-charging Menifee by a neck.

26.   But Democrats say it would take more than a robust economy to hold off additional Republican gains.

27.   But how long could the Knicks hold off the Pacers?

28.   But if one lineman can hold off the nose tackle, other linemen can block linebackers.

29.   But hold off just a couple of weeks, U.R.

30.   But Miller kept stepping up, the old man holding off the youngsters with head fakes and runners and every imaginable flop known to the game.