Sentence examples for chairman held from inspiring English sources

The chairman held Modric to the contract he signed.

But Philipp Rösler, the party's young and unproven chairman, held firm.

Stock indexes, which were down about 0.5 percent before the Fed's afternoon announcement, lost more than 1 percent as Ben S. Bernanke, the central bank's chairman, held a news briefing.

Mr Bush's chief policy adviser and campaign chairman held weekly telephone conversations with prominent evangelical Christians, such as Jim Dobson, the head of Focus on the Family, and the Rev Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Mr. Levitt, then the Securities and Exchange Commission's chairman, held public hearings in New York that week of Sept. 11 to promote his proposal to ban such conflicts, but hardly anyone except the industry lobbyists paid any attention.

On May 2, Mr. Jackson, the Democratic town chairman, held a political open house at a local high school to give City Council candidates the chance to tell him why they deserved his considerable support.

Ben S. Bernanke, the Fed chairman, holds a news conference after the announcement.

He remained chairman, holding the titles of founder and chief executive officer emeritus.

And four times a year, the Fed chairman holds an hour-long press conference.

Nor does Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, hold on-the-record press briefings to explain what the Fed is up to.

His candidacy would be complicated by a party rule requiring that the chairman hold a district leader position, which Mr. Camara does not.