In these lights, it is not unreasonable to suggest that, with creative and persistent effort, human rights advocacy via domestic courts, supplementing other domestic-law processes and focused especially on severe human rights abuses, is within reach within the United States as well as beyond.
But it is possible to change culture with a strategic and persistent effort.
This is how, with concentration and patient persistent effort, you learn to "tame the monkey mind" that jumps here, there, and everywhere, and you can become more open and receptive to experiencing the peace and serenity of your true nature.
We would like to thank Suzanna Huebsch for her persistent effort with the recruitment of participants and the coordination of all testing sessions.
These narratives could be in writing or video, and should portray (a) the level of the peer, (b) the actions and cognitions required to solve the problem, (c) that the peer struggled (but not too much), and (d) the peer succeeded by exerting persistent effort with his or her groupmates.
The Administration's manipulation of intelligence about the presence — or absence — of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, along with its persistent efforts to link Saddam and September 11th, has led to distrust among both those who opposed the war from the start and those who were persuaded that military action was necessary in the face of what was described as an imminent threat.
With their persistent efforts, the industrial production of avermectins in the late 1990s in China reached a competitive level and the moderate price forced Merck & Co. to retreat from the Chinese market.
Mindfulness isn't a quick fix – like any skill, it requires commitment and practice – but with persistent gentle effort, we are able to retrain our brains and bodies towards feeling more peaceful and content.
Using the Click It or Ticket seat belt campaign as an example, Swanson affirmed that cultural norms can change over time with persistent, widespread effort.
More and more we find ourselves identifying with the proverbial frog's nearly doomed, but nevertheless persistent effort to jump out of the well.
