Sentence examples for was quickly held from inspiring English sources

They were brought less than five weeks after WorldCom announced its discovery of the accounting problems, and was quickly held up by the Bush administration as proof of its commitment to prosecute corporate miscreants.

The death of the boy, Max Shatto, was quickly held up by supporters of the ban as the latest example of abuse of an adopted Russian child in the United States and provoked a huge outcry here — including accusations of murder against his adoptive mother, Laura Shatto, and demands for the return of a younger brother, Kristopher, age 2. The boys were adopted together in November.

A flawed referendum on joining Russia was quickly held in Crimea and within a month the peninsula's annexation was complete.

When one jurisdiction—Indianapolis did enact a prohibition of violent pornography, it was quickly held to be an unconstitutional violation of free speech (American Booksellers v. Hudnut, (771 F.2d 323 (7th Cir. 1985)).

Interviews were quickly held, suitable candidates selected, and Nightingale left for Turkey on 21 October.

Hennequin declined to comment on sales growth in the final quarter, where there were clear signs that the recession that has engulfed the U.S. was quickly taking hold in Europe.

For those who somehow missed it or have since forgotten: Back when the iPhone 4 originally launched, it was quickly discovered that holding the iPhone 4 a specific way would cause the signal to drop.

One to watch Velox (Luca Cumani) is progressing quickly, held up in his run before closing well for second on his handicap debut at Haydock the other day.

Still it appeared as of Friday that Mr. Carmona's government was quickly solidifying its hold on power.

Although this shopping phenomenon originates in America, it is quickly taking hold in Europe too.

It was a ruling class that, out of sheer over-civilization, was quickly losing the ability to hold onto its power.