Construction materials are important to our safety because they're what hold the industrial world together.
But above all else, he was a man who held the world at a careful distance.
He's often depicted in art as holding the world on his back.
With a dozen voices like that, we could hold the world.
All night long the two of them had held the world in their hands, deliberating what to do with it.
It was like a part of nature, holding the dark world together.
If he could hold the world at bay long enough, the reactor would do the rest of his job for him.
But for tonight, he held the world in his arms.
Later, the story about him changed and it was said that he held the whole world on his shoulders.
They could hold the world and time at arm's length.