Word: withstandable
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...doubtful whether Horn designed her mechanized sculpture to withstand the wear and tear of continuous running in a museum. At any given time, quite a few of the pieces are not working, and since even the ones that are have lengthy delays between cycles, the viewer spends a lot of time wondering when, if at all, something is going to happen. Then a cam turns, and neat little linkages make a crescent of feathers coquettishly unfurl or propel a row of knives, with sinister sexual intent, into a corresponding row of shaving brushes...
...Diller, the transaction will provide QVC with the financial strength to withstand an onslaught of new competition from big department stores like R.H. Macy and Nordstrom, all of which have announced plans to enter the home- shopping business. Combined, QVC and HSN will generate about $147 million in annual cash flow, which would come in handy to finance Diller's dream of taking TV shopping to its next evolutionary stage: making it interactive. An advanced interactive system would let viewers browse through a sort of "video catalog" of a store's merchandise and place orders on-line and on-screen...
...think I would recommend to someone that they maintain a notebook to withstand scrutiny by the Secret Service or forensics experts," Meister says...
...charges focused on civil rights, the burden on participants is greater. The result will be momentous, but the nation is really watching for what comes after. As defense attorney Ira Saltzman challenged jurors last week in a closing statement, "Your verdict might result in some . . . something. Can you withstand that pressure...
Another supply caravan was already being organized. It could reach the town this week, but that may be too late. The lightly armed Bosnian-army defenders are not strong enough to withstand a determined Serbian onslaught. Said a U.N. official: "It's not a matter of whether Srebrenica will fall, but when...