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The campaign has been blogged about extensively, and is often held up as a model for creative ways to build a membership list.

And the editorial called it a "bitter irony" that Xintai had been held up as a model city for reducing its number of petitioners .

Germany, by contrast, derided a decade ago as the sick man of Europe, is being held up as a model, at least when it comes to jobs.

The terminal therefore is often held up as an example of how quick hard-charging China can get things done.

The agreement is often held up as a model to economically troubled countries for how to settle outstanding debts.

But I feel very sad at the moment that a player I held up as high as the King himself, may be about to leave this famous club.

In fact, the massive money printing and the rest of the stimulus are why gross domestic product has held up as well as it has.

S. space program is often held up as the standard of scientific modernity in China.

Often held up as one of the best examples of post-conflict recovery in Africa, it has become a donor darling.

Islam is often held up as inimical to economic progress. That is nonsense, he says.

This requires a decoration color design should be introduced in a balanced, brilliant and held up, as opposed to floating, harmony together.

Think about it. Performance reviews are held up as objective assessments by the boss, with the assumption that the boss has all the answers.

More impressively, prices for the grizzled iPod and even personal computers (remember those? ), have held up as well.

Indeed, for a zone held up as a beacon of inter- Korean co-operation, there is not much interaction between North and South.

As a member of what America calls the "axis of evil" , Iran is not often held up as a model in the West.

The "Red Flag Canal Spirit" has ever since been held up as a shining example of self-reliance, socialist solidarity and selfless devotion.

The most recent MacBook Air models have been held up as examples of the ideal intersection of design, price and performance.

Abizaid, a West Point graduate and combat veteran, had long been held up as the Army's most sophisticated expert on the Middle East.

After months of being told I was lower than a snake's belly, I was now being held up as a paragon of all things good and true.

Though "being one's own man" has long been held up as a standard of masculinity, it's rarely been realized in practice.

Things changed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, held up as another Golden Age of air travel when jets were proliferating.

In this potent narrative of victimhood Israel, of course, has been held up as a prime example of Western malevolence .

The advance of genetic engineering has been held up as much by social objections as technical ones.

The generous welfare systems in Sweden and the country's extensive environmental protections are frequently held up as international models.

Instead, actresses Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman are held up as the most admired women, according to a new survey.

Before the crisis, the Belgo-Dutch Fortis was frequently held up as a model of close co-operation between regulators.

Not long ago the Union was held up as the model for the new multipolar international order.

Ever since, J&J's decisive action has been held up as the model of corporate crisis management.

MOBILE phones are frequently held up as a good example of technology's ability to transform the fortunes of people in the developing world.

Jade Goody has been held up as a symbol of many things in the seven years since she came to public attention on Big Brother 3 in 2002.

The mysteries of Nature have long been held up as evidence for God's grand plan, a sentiment as flawed now as ever.

As recently as last September, Anbar was held up as an example of America's failure in Iraq.

The film was held up as an example of good cinema.

This freewill offering is held up as an example to Christians.

Chauncey Billups was held up as the model.

They are rarely held up as examples of refined, gentle behaviour.

Chinese goods are held up as examples of shoddy work.

The actual epidemiological science that is held up as "proof" of no connection is both paltry and controversial.

When the great recession began last year, the fate of Japan was often held up as an awful warning to the west.

This is a risky strategy for Mr Assad, who is held up as a reformer by his domestic supporters.

Although shop sales have just about held up as Christmas approaches, car sales have tumbled by a third in the past 12 months.

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