LACMA exhibited the portfolios in their entirety in 2012, something that never happened in the artist's lifetime, despite his persistent attempts at integration.
And, according to Boris Johnson, in 2004 Jonathan Powell, Mr Blair's former chief of staff, told the then Tory MP that Mr Brown's life was a "Shakespearean tragedy" because, despite his persistent attempts, he would never become prime minister.
The problem is that, despite his persistent attempts to renounce his political functions and pave the way for a new generation of leaders who can govern without the emotional and religious baggage he represents, he simply looms too large over the Tibet conflict to be there and not there at the same time.
Yet it is unclear why these barriers remain so difficult to overcome despite numerous and persistent attempts at the design, communication and enforcement of related agricultural policies.
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.
Despite the religious right's persistent attempts to circumvent it, the 1st Amendment is the best friend that religion ever had.
Sports, despite the occasional tie and the persistent attempts to award every child a medal in American primary schools, still boils down to winners and losers.
There's no proven connection between tragedies like Sandy Hook and Columbine and the first-person shooter titles that the killers in question were fans of, despite some parts of the media's persistent attempts to pin these horrendous acts on the games' developers.
Drinking and gambling have long been important aspects of Australian popular culture, despite persistent government attempts to regulate and limit them.
