Word: persisted
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...forces have a far better chance of prevailing than they do in Kabul, right now. (And, of course, even though Pakistan hasn't managed to deliver a Taliban breakaway, the political problems of having the Alliance capture the capital in the absence of agreement on a broad transitional government persist...
...most of us, the tightness in the stomach comes at moments of crisis, but it's manageable, and it goes away again. For others, though--especially those who tend to be anxious anyway--the feeling can be overwhelming. And while such severe anxiety can be transient, it can sometimes persist for weeks--or even longer...
...would note that such disruptions, were they to persist or increase, would not work in favor of making this change a permanent one,” Lewis wrote in the e-mail announcement...
This year's end“As we cautioned in last year’s letter, we didn’t think the double-digit positive returns would persist forever,” HMC President Jack E. Meyer said in an interview yesterday. “Nonetheless, I’m disappointed to finish the year in negative numbers...
...await, at the very least, an automatic recount. Ever since, Gore has been cast in the role of sore loser whose congressional support could evaporate in an instant, a supplicant trying to win in court what he didn't win at the ballot box. And every day the media persist in calling the race anew. A reporter will read the latest polls showing that a majority of the American people don't mind waiting for a thorough recount and then open the next segment with the question "When, in the name of the American people, will this madness...