Questions about squad rotation, tactics, front office missteps and more have persisted throughout the entire season but at present only one question looms large: Are the Fire actually getting hot at the right time?
Senussi first appealed for an end to protests but made it clear that if they persisted there would be a violent response.
"Prime minister Najib Razak's government has persisted in its politically motivated prosecution of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim at the expense of democratic freedoms and the rights to non-discrimination and privacy for all Malaysians," he said from Kuala Lumpur.
But the Leninist undercurrent, though repressed, persisted in the Communist underground opposition to Stalin.
The problem persisted on the other - they had never seriously threatened to match their rivals' 1967 European Cup victory (a Cup Winners' Cup in 1972 hardly compensating).
But while the report finds that gay jokes still persisted in comedies ("nearly every movie that comedian Kevin Hart appeared in last year featured numerous gay jokes"), it also found that there were fewer defamatory slurs used than in previous years.
But the sense of outrage and humiliation within the Russian political elite persisted.
Kanta was chased away with abuse, but she persisted in coming back and convinced the women to meet Arputham.
This state of affairs has persisted for decades and has defeated every Scottish administration since 1999.
When I asked her if this was true, she said that she told Donovan that she wasn't comfortable with it, but he persisted, telling her it was bound to come out anyhow and she was better off letting him report it than someone else.
She gave birth to the first of her two sons during her first year at university, but she persisted with her studies, living with her baby in a hostel in Kampala.
