Word: persist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, two troubling trends persist. For one, even with Proposition 187 on the ballot last fall, very few eligible Latinos made it to the polls. For another, African-Americans are growing increasingly resentful of Latinos, who are winning away Blacks' service and government jobs because they have a newly marketable skill: they speak Spanish...
...make sure that these gaps in communication do not persist for 10 or 20 years more, we propose two improvements, linked to Landes' statement, faculty outrage about benefits changes and Knowles' budget letter: more openness by the central administration about records and more regular faculty involvement and input in central administration decision-making...
...want to be an astronaut," Lieut. Hultgreen had told the Miami Herald. "Most of the astronauts are Navy jet pilots first. If you aren't given the same opportunities, you can't compete on the same level." If military colleges persist in keeping women out, then they will always claim that women are not qualified to serve in the military. If the Citadel ever opens its doors to women as the United States armed forces has, then they too might realize that their fears about women in the military are unfounded...
...college level but at the grammar and high school level. It is also where the foundation is established for assimilating more developed and sophisticated higher verbal and mathematical skills later on in college. And, it is also the area which businesses claim are where the greatest educational deficiencies persist...
Perhaps you are not a fashion fan. Though I am loathe to argue with anyone for whom blood bouncing on ice is a constant conversation piece, in this case I persist. We are all strongly encouraged to wear clothes and to change them with some frequency. Even hockey players must shed those dreadfully unflattering costumes and don street clothes. It is natural for the rookie fashion fan to feel a bit uncomfortable, especially when normal "human" shoes seem so horribly flat and slow. But anyone can learn to embrace fashion, or at least press cheeks in the appropriate affected...