Word: withstandable
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...move, like everything else connected with the $6.9 billion shuttle pro gram, required precise planning. For months, engineers from NASA and Rockwell International had been surveying the route to Edwards, relocating telephone poles and overseeing the resurfacing of 16 kilometers (10 miles) of gravel road so that it could withstand the shuttle's 68,000-kilogram (150,000-lb.) weight. They also constructed a special trailer to carry the craft, a 90-wheel affair designed to be steered both from the front and the rear like a hook-and-ladder truck...
...school enemy in suicidal despair because Simon has casually alienated the affections of the woman he loves, a wife driven into a dismal affair by Simon's emotional sterility. As they attack Simon from many directions, their function is to reveal the seamless perfection of his ability to withstand all efforts to draw him into the mainstream of life. In the end, they conspire with the superb Tom Courtenay to reveal Simon not only as a hypnotically fascinating theatrical figure but also, perhaps, as a cautionary archetype...
...effective a boycott could be is uncertain. The hardened coffee addict is no more likely to drink tea than an alcoholic is to develop a taste for orange soda. Coffee can thus withstand price rises that most other commodities cannot. Camillo Calazans, president of the Brazilian Coffee Institute, concedes that there is a limit to what people will pay for coffee. But he does not think a U.S. boycott will seriously cut into Brazil's coffee exports-or prices...
...course, the better a skier you are the more you can enjoy the sensation of sliding downhill. Anyone with enough patience who is willing to withstand a few seasons of embarrassing uncoordination can learn to ski well, and no matter what legions of instructors say, skiing can be a self-taught discipline. All you need is someone to show you the basics...
...most valuable learning experiences for both teachers and students come from courses that can withstand the test of student interest. Requirements can force students to take courses that they will not like and may not learn from. Courses that naturally attract students interest and attention will provide a far more meaningful experience...