Such prejudice certainly prevailed in India in 1991, when the IMF foisted tariff cuts on the economy as one of the conditions attached to a $2.5 billion bail-out package.
And even if we lose sight of the Christian, Muslim and Hindu gods and all the rest, superstitions and spiritualism will almost certainly still prevail.
But the issue I want to focus on is that even had all these problems been solved, the celebrity in question would certainly have prevailed.
"Their concerns certainly seemed to prevail".
"We certainly hope wisdom can prevail and that the best solution can be at least looked at," she said.
The sense of reserve that continued to prevail was certainly not calculated to lift anyone's energy, although in the final scene Mr. Piper and Ms. Clayton, looking as if she had stepped out of a Goya painting, gave it all they were worth.
The determination to act decisively and prevail is, certainly, laudable, but not enough to resolve the Somalia crisis.
In other words, the commercially inspired fare that now prevails certainly isn't making people smarter.
