The left already controls 20 regions in continental France, and a close race is expected in right-wing
hold-outs, Alsace and Corsica.
Last Monday there were eight
hold-outs, but by Friday Aston Villa, Blackburn, Bolton, Fulham, Portsmouth and Stoke had caved in to the newspaper's pressure and agreed to wear the red symbols on their jerseys.
Presidents Lech Kaczynski of Poland and Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic, the last two
hold-outs, will both sign the treaty before the year's end, and it will come into effect before the British election due by next spring brings the Conservatives to power.
While there may be
hold-outs for a while, "they will be increasingly isolated and disreputable" said an OECD official.
Most of these consumers have experienced job loss, pay cuts or loss of insurance coverage.One in five (19 percent) are
Hold-Outs -- a young group clinging to their standard of living despite being on shaky financial ground.
To paraphrase a long-extinct presidential campaign (think 1990s), "it's the economy, stupid!" Once that first state took the gamble on legalized gaming, there was little doubt most states would jump into the river of chips (a look at the maps on the back cover show Utah and Hawaii as the only
hold-outs against any form of legalized gaming).
When not fielding questions from Democratic moles at last week's GOP Presidential debate, Anderson Cooper and CNN had a grand time portraying Republican voters as Bible-thumping, gun-wielding Confederacy
hold-outs. On immigration, however, the candidates didn't need any media help as they continued their descent into self-parody.
Some
hold-outs refuse, and their line will die with them.
But the category warrants attention these days, not only because of the recent actions of the bankrupt Global Home Products, but because improved overseas manufacturing capabilities could make this the next category-perhaps one of the last
hold-outs in home furnishings-to face competition from China.
The Government's proposals will have an effect on a few
hold-outs, such as the odd train station where smoking is still permitted.
As floodwaters began to slowly recede with the first of the city's pumps returning to operation, Mayor Ray Nagin instructed law enforcement officers and the US military late last night to evacuate all
hold-outs for their own safety.
