Its oldest known ancestor in the genus Salmonidae swam through the waters of the Eocene, back when Australia was still a part of Antarctica, North America was still a part of Europe, and India was just beginning its long and persistent attempt to hump its way over China, smashing itself into the Himalayan mountains in the process.
The day's developments followed Mr. Kroll's persistent attempt to open the door on the German side for a far-reaching agreement between Moscow and Bonn in a manner which threatened to imperil German relations with the West.
Perhaps the most persistent attempt to expose the foolishness of the belief in ghosts is Scooby-Doo.
Brooks's solicitor Deighton told the BBC: "It does feel that there has been a persistent attempt from 1993 up to these meetings in 1999 – maybe even beyond – to undermine Duwayne Brooks's reputation.
A high degree of clinical suspicion, persistent attempts to establish a specific diagnosis, and the use of optimized enrichment cultures and PCR amplification were ultimately required to establish the diagnosis in our patient.
He spins long reflections on pain, disfigurement and death from the stories of some of his patients, including a healthy woman with a mysterious burning pain in both feet; a teenager with a large, benign tumor in the neck; and an ebullient patient dying from AIDS whose persistent attempts to hug Dr. Stein were persistently rebuffed, to Dr. Stein's enduring chagrin.
ACT is usually conceptualized as incorporating a multidisciplinary team approach, active and persistent attempts to engage clients, direct provision of comprehensive health and social care, and in-vivo and out-of-hours working.
The range and complexity of Baldessari's work over the next thirty years gradually silenced persistent attempts to dismiss him as a joke artist, a mere purveyor of visual one-liners.
The latter quote also doubles as an example of the author's persistent attempts to drop references to the internet into his writing.
Voters upstate, which is overwhelmingly Republican, gave Mr. Lazio a slight edge, despite Mrs. Clinton's persistent attempts to portray Mr. Lazio as unconcerned about upstate economic problems, most recently as she traveled across the region this weekend.
