Many of those who defend abortion rights, or affirmative action, have spent decades of their careers on patched-together holding actions to preserve gains that have come under assault.
But cover albums ("Iconos" contains two new tracks that Mr. Anthony and Mr. Reyes helped write in a melodramatic style similar to the other songs) are often regarded as holding actions, and so it may be here.
Paulus called for a series of holding actions, although the Germans still made local counterattacks.
Thus the treatments are effective holding actions while we await more practical applications of genetic information and (hopefully) the identification of unique bacterial pathogens, the removal of which would (as in peptic ulcer) truly produce cures.
Famine relief is a holding action, not an agricultural strategy".
In a way, Bonnaroo 2012 was a holding action.
Now that the Strokes are a known quantity, "Room on Fire" sounds like a holding action.
This experiment in collective leadership soon became a holding action until the orchestra could find the right music director.
It's a battle Cagney has to win, but his victory feels hollow, a holding action against the inevitable future.
At best, analysts say, the deals have been a holding action, helping the Big Three tread water in a market that officials acknowledge would collapse without incentives.
