"Do the LACs add enough firepower to justify holding your starships back?"

It can be easily manipulated by those in power to enforce their view of the world, and then be used to justify holding that power stable.

To justify holding the Citicorp securities through the end of the year, investors demanded a higher interest rate.

Their release does not necessarily mean that the two are no longer under suspicion, although the Government lacked evidence to justify holding them as material witnesses.

And this time she realized that it would be hard to justify holding to Uthacalthing's advice.

Security considerations alone cannot explain or justify not holding one.

The secrets they hold and the threats they pose justify holding them indefinitely without charge, Bush administration officials have said.

But that hardly justifies holding an entire state budget hostage.

In some cases, that added cost of refinancing was sufficient to justify holding on to a higher-rate loan.

But none provide a reason that justifies holding the package ransom.