Word: persists
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Israeli politicians have long taken for granted American aid of $4 billion a year. Now, American Jews must warn Israel that such aid is in danger as long as ties to South Africa persist. Black members of Congress, who are ordinarily loyal members of the pro-Israel coalition, will bolt unless Israel cleans...
Such conditions persist despite Native Americans' vast reservation resources, including large land, mineral and timber holdings as well as 10 percent of the United States' oil reserves, he said...
Russians often see this as an attempt to kick them out of the homes they have inhabited for generations. So they have been hitting back with strikes that, if they persist, could wreck the economies of some republics. And in Moscow, Communist conservatives have seized on the Russians' plight to justify a crackdown on the nationalist movements. News reports in the capital deliver a crude subtext: ethnic Russians are the victims of nationalist extremists. Politburo members like Victor Chebrikov, former KGB chief, thunder that those whipping up ethnic strife "should not go unpunished, no matter what flags they raise...
These bleak statistics persist despite several decades of intense effort to attract and retain minority students. According to a study released last month by the American Council on Education, 8 out of 10 colleges and universities report either "a lot" or "some" activity aimed at boosting minority undergraduate enrollment on their campuses. At the same time, 60% give themselves only "fair" or "poor" success ratings in attracting black students; two-thirds give equally low grades for Hispanic recruitment...
While astronomers who study the sun get more attention during periods of solar maximums, they generally feel somewhat neglected, underfunded and unappreciated, poor cousins to those who observe distant stars and galaxies in the night skies and who consider the sun boring. Then why do solar astronomers persist? "We are driven to an understanding of the sun," says Robert Howard, an astronomer at the National Solar Observatory in Tucson. "It is an enormous lab. It is a Rosetta stone for the study of the stars. With other stars, all you have is a pinpoint of light. By understanding more about...