But the pyramid's original release was held back over complaints from the meat and dairy industry that their products were being stigmatized.
German opposition politicians have called for a report detailing the extent to which government-backed doping of West German athletes took place from the 1970s, and possibly before, to be made public after it was revealed it was being held back over privacy concerns.
With an exasperated, "That's unbelievable," I casually tossed the pitching wedge I was holding back over my head.
In contrast, the euro area, it was widely argued, would be held back by its over-tight macroeconomic policies and its sclerotic labour and product markets.
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Government programs to help underwater homeowners have been held back for years over fear that they will encourage families who were still current with their mortgage payments to default.
And while business investment has undoubtedly been held back by uncertainty over tax-overhaul legislation, there's no assurance that it will snap back quickly at a time when the utilization of existing capacity is below 80percentt.
Before the recent rally, the shares had been held back by concerns over antitrust and privacy investigations by regulators in the United States and elsewhere as well as concerns about Motorola and the potential of new Google businesses in the face of slowing search advertising growth.
Shelly Sun, the company's founder and chief executive, said that as she works with potential franchisees, many are held back by uncertainty over whether they will have to pay for their workers' health-care costs once last year's health-reform legislation is fully enacted, and if so, what it will cost.
Africa's economic growth is being held back by confusion over who owns vast swathes of agricultural land, according to a World Bank report.
