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But by breaking the Watergate scandal that toppled President Nixon, the Post durably marked relations between voters, politicians and the press.The Post's proprietor through those turbulent days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington's hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.
But public opinion was shifted, durably , by the contrast between the Lawrences' decency, the viciousness of their son's killers, and the casual incompetence with which police handled the death of a young black man in 1993 London.
On November 10th some countries, such as Britain and Sweden, would like to use language acknowledging the gravity of the moment: perhaps a statement that the EU's relations with Russia were marked durably by the conflict with Georgia.
And the line between fighting drugs and fighting the guerrillas who plainly profit from them is blurred even if Colombia's armed forces were interested in drawing it plainly, which they are not.Were peace to arrive instantly and durably , that might not worry the FARC too much.
But the row has durably altered the dynamics of the coalition.
Democrats are fielding three times as many paid staff as in 2010, she adds, though she will not share an actual headcount.Georgia politics will be more durably marked by a struggle taking place outside the two state party machines.
That is why clever 25-year-old graduates rarely run durably successful companies, even if they are from Harvard.
Paul Wolfowitz, then a Pentagon official, wrote later that more American deaths might have triggered greater appreciation of the war, which had "demanded almost nothing from the American civilian population".In fact the war marked America durably.
Over the past seven years, Mr Gore has been the president's most durably influential adviser, with the exception of Hillary Clinton; other intimates, like the pollster Dick Morris, have proved ephemeral.
He thinks he has "set the EU on a durably liberal path" as far as trade is concerned.
The share of government spending in GDP, now 48.5%, should fall "step by step and durably " below 40%.Yes, but can Germany afford it?
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The adverb "durably" primarily functions to modify verbs , emphasizing that an action is performed or a state exists in a lasting or enduring manner. This is evident in Ludwig's examples where it describes how relationships were "durably marked " or how dynamics were "durably altered ".
Expression frequency: Very common
