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Qaddafi also began a series of persistent but unsuccessful attempts to unify Libya with other Arab countries.

More recently, and more damaging to his career, Petitgout developed a series of persistent injuries that kept him out of the lineup too often.

Cadorna, however, was determined to make progress and so embarked on a series of persistent renewals of the offensive, known as the Battles of the Isonzo.

Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless 'global war on terror' – but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America.

7.16pm BST In a not-so-subtle dig at the George W. Bush strategy, Obama says a "boundless 'global war on terror'" is out and "a series of persistent, targeted efforts" is in: Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless 'global war on terror' – but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America.

Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless "global war on terror," but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America.

The Clinton Administration's "constructive engagement" with China, after all, is to slowly raise relations with China to the same level as those with Russia, through a series of polite and persistent but nonconfrontational summit meetings.

Former US president George HW Bush has been admitted to a hospital's intensive care unit "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever", but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said.

Timed for Women's History Month, the city announced a series of initiatives to address persistent gaps in funding and business development opportunities.

Metro's long road to the Expo Line began more than three decades ago, after a series of subway construction disasters and persistent cost overruns.

A series of factors are associated with persistent weaning failures from mechanical ventilation in patients with COPD: age, severity of initial presentation, associated diseases such as left ventricular dysfunction, metabolic disorders, critical illness polyneuromyopathy, and the existence of ventilator-associated pneumonia [ 7, 9].