Death by death, Israelis and Palestinians have adjusted to the violence as a continuing reality.
Even as "The It Factor" and "Project Greenlight" make nonfiction series seem fresh, the oldest of continuing reality shows is getting stale.
"Migration is a continuing reality in America," Ms. Wright said, adding: "We are a country made up of immigrants; we really tried to generate enthusiasm and encourage teachers to take risks by pushing the boundaries of their curriculum.
The rates may reflect the continuing reality that breast-feeding can be difficult, frustrating and, at times, mysterious, especially since most women begin with little, if any, solid knowledge or skills.
Including its continuing reality show, "The Biggest Loser," NBC will have three two-hour reality series each week ("The Voice" and "Celebrity Apprentice" are the others) along with two one-hour shows ("Fashion Star" and "Who Do You Think You Are?") That will mean 8 of the 19 hours NBC schedules with original programs (Saturday is all repeats) will be filled with reality shows.
Watching these channels, in their bland uniformity, underlines a continuing reality: even as television and Internet viewing converge, with people watching television shows on their laptops and online videos on their six-foot flat screens, there are unbridgeable differences between YouTube and television.
On the progressive side of the political divide, academics such as William Julius Wilson — another Harvard man, by way of Chicago — strenuously resisted these arguments, pointing to the demise of the manufacturing industries on which blacks depended for employment, and to the continuing reality of racial discrimination and segregation.
As his project progressed, Clark came to see the house as a metaphor for how we react to "the fear and chaos of terrorist attacks – and an often media engendered chaos of terrorist attacks, and the consequent continuing reality and representation of an undefined threat from within.
But in offering his thoughts on Mr. Gates's arrest, Mr. Obama, to the surprise of many, used his blackness and the presidential bully pulpit to force America to confront uncomfortable truths about the continuing reality of racial stereotyping, police abuse and the particular vulnerability of black and Latino men.
So the maneuvering partly reflects the continuing reality that Congress is unlikely to take major action on climate change over the next 2 years except on Republican-backed measures aimed at limiting the Obama administration's regulatory powers.
