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1. Murtha‘s reputation for bipartisanship will hold in good stead."
2. A celebratory atmosphere took hold in some locations.
3. The Nablus operation was the first fatal Israeli raid since the truce took hold in Gaza.
4. Warner said the provision will "hold in limbo" the entire base–closing process.
5. Christianity took hold in Greece in the 4th century after Roman Emperor Constantine‘s conversion.