This agreement has held the peace, barely, for the last three decades.

His agreement to teach her "some day" held the promise of a future, or perhaps it meant nothing at all.

The agreement did not hold, and violence again broke out in early 2000.

He also said that the price of oil should easily pass $30 a barrel now if the agreement holds.

But it remained unclear today whether the agreement would indeed hold together.

Despite official assurances that the agreement will hold, some are against it.

Maybe so, but meanwhile the gentlemen's agreement of silence holds.

Beyond the bureaucratic infighting, the question was whether the agreement would hold.

Even though the agreement holds promise for both sides, the process was far from easy - or fast.

But the agreement did not hold beyond the end of that year.