After everyone spoke, Bush held a press conference, his only one of the trip.

Bush and much of his staff hold strong ties to the university in Austin.

Mr. Bush held the news conference on the 99th day of his second term.

The reason: Bush holds quarterly, rather than the traditional monthly, news conferences.

Mr. Bush held a news conference to dampen any sense that he was moving closer to military action.

And just as the Bushes held hands, so did the Quayles.

In the course of the next 12 months, the 25-point lead that Bush now holds over Gore will surely shrink.

Bush blinked, stared, held his hands close to his chest and twisted them together.

For more than nine months, Mr. Bush has held news conferences almost every day he is on the road.

Mr. Bush holds that the tax cut would allow people and not the government to decide the best way to allocate resources.