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Historians at Hever Castle have discovered the Book of Hours featured in this famous portrait of Thomas Cromwell by Holbein. This incredible book is thought to be the only object from any Tudor portrait to survive to this day.

History Hit is excited to be granted special access to film a documentary covering this extraordinary discovery, presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. Keep your eyes peeled for its release

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We recently visited the remarkable artist #RoseWylie at her studio in Kent - a quiet haven where the floor is cushioned by infinite layers of newspaper and the walls, windows and furniture are encrusted in years worth of oil paint.
A studio tour is dropping tomorrow - keep your eyes peeled!
We always appreciate these last fiery holdouts of fall.

A Clunky Mask May Be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste Experts say the U.S. encouraged a dependency on imported masks by failing to promote reusable and domestically produced elastomeric respirators. Home-owners face a number of costs that renters do not. Each year American owner-occupiers pay around $200bn in maintenance costs on their homes Money down the drain, right? ECONOMIST.COM Why renting a home isn’t always a worse deal than buying one Money down the drain, right? SATURDAYEVENINGPOST.COM Rockwell Video Minute: The Holdout | The Saturday Evening Post This Simple Tax Error Is Costing You $2,800 Adjusting your withholding can mean huge investments

"In the late 1980s and 1990s, ExxonMobil bought out a lot of home owners and it established green zones with trees around the plant," Landry said. "Most people who wanted to sell their homes did then. Now the community is mainly holdouts, or homeowners who haven't wanted to leave, and renters."


Merrill Losses Were Withheld Before Bank of America Deal

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON 17 minutes ago

Days before shareholders voted on Bank of America’s 2008 purchase of Merrill Lynch, top executives were told the investment firm’s losses would most likely hammer future earnings.

Mr. Jobs also announced that books from Random House, a holdout publisher, would be available on its iBookstore. He said 100 million books had been downloaded since the company introduced the store a year ago.


The '80s Called, and They Want Their Cellphones Back

Most consumers rush to get the hot new cellphone—every 17 months on average. But there are the holdouts who cling to obsolete models with clunky designs and peeling paint.



EPA Quietly Cleans Up Cement Industry
Regulations passed on Monday will force the cement industry to reduce the mercury emissions and emissions of other harmful pollutants from kilns by more than 90 percent.


Nearly 40,000 Claims Against BP Sit in Limbo
BP, which has already paid out $324 million to companies and residents, argues the unpaid claims require additional review or documentation. It's been suggested, though, that BP could be holding out for a federal takeover so any denied claims don't make them look bad.

If you tell someone to keep their eyes peeled for something, you are telling them to watch very carefully for it. [informal] See full dictionary entry for eye.  

Definition of 'to keep your eyes peeled' - Collins Dictionary

clunky

/ˈklʌŋki/

學習發音

adjective

INFORMAL

1. 1.

   solid, heavy, and old-fashioned.

   "even last year's laptops look clunky"
2. 2.

   making a clunking sound.

   "clunky conveyor belts"

kiln

（▼発音注意）kiln (kĭln, kĭl) [名]（れんがなどを焼く）かま, 炉.

━━[動](他)…をかまで焼く［処理する］.


n.
Any of various ovens for hardening, burning, or drying substances such as grain, meal, or clay, especially a brick-lined oven used to bake or fire ceramics.

tr.v., kilned, kiln·ing, kilns.
To process in one of these ovens.


hold out
1. Extend, stretch forth; also, present or offer something. For example, He held out his hand and she took it, or The new policy held out promise of major changes in the welfare program. These usages date from the first half of the 1500s and of the 1600s respectively.
2. Last, continue to be in supply or service, as in The food is holding out nicely. [Late 1500s] Also see hold up, def. 4.
3. Continue to resist, as in The garrison held out for another month. [Second half of 1700s]
4. Withhold cooperation, agreement, or information, as in We've asked for a better deal, but they've been holding out for months. It is also put as hold out on, as in They were still holding out on some of the provisions, or He's not telling us what happened; he's holding out on us.
5. hold out for. Insist on obtaining, as in The union is still holding out for a better contract. [c. 1900]

holdout (plural holdouts)

1. One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out.

holdout
One who attempts to realize the highest possible price by refusing to sell in the early stages of negotiation.(hōld'out')
n.
One that withholds agreement or consent upon which progress is contingent.

withhold[with・hold]

• 発音記号[wiðhóuld, wiθ-] [動]（-held, 〜・ing）(他)［III[名]（[副]）］

1 〈情報・許可・支払いなどを〉保留する, （人に）与えるのを差し控える［見合わせる］((from ...))

withhold one's consent
同意を見合わせる

withhold no opinion
臆(おく)せず意見を述べる

withhold the truth from a person
真相を人に知らせない.

2 …を抑える；〈人を〉（…することから）引き止める, 制［阻止］する((from ...))

withhold one's rage
激しい怒りを抑える

withhold a person from doing ...
人が…するのを制止する.

━━(自)引き止める, やめる, 差し控える, 自制する.

with・hold・er

[名]

 withholding tax[U][C]((米))源泉徴収税, 源泉課税.
Deductions by an employer from employee salaries for the payment of federal and state income taxes. It is paid in a prescribed manner to the taxing authority. Withholding tax is remitted by the employer to the IRS or deposited into the designated bank on a periodic basis as prescribed by the IRS.
See also federal insurance contribution act (fica) ; FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX ACT (FUTA).