He attempted to explain social phenomena as enduring systems of adaptation, fusion, and integration of elements.
Discourses reflect the general and enduring systems of thought which, in turn, influence the formation and expression of ideas within a historically situated time (Grant et al. 2004).
England's enduring class system can be aptly summed up in two words: public school.
Yardley, a New York Times reporter who was then the paper's Beijing bureau chief, followed the team on an engaging road trip through modern China, a country caught between an enduring Communist system and a growing entrepreneurial spirit.
Most were relatively minor players in the Cold War world order, and few had any experience as colonizers rather than as the colonized — an underrated factor in the West's ability to shape an enduring international system after World War II.
In a stark contrast to the white sand beaches most often associated with the Asian island, the country's "hill country" is an emerald, mist-enshrouded region, dominated by mountains older than the Himalayas and connected by an enduring train system, built in the 1860s by British colonialists.
Despite the substantial financial investment, current initiatives do not build on-going capacity, continuing management structures, or enduring local systems.
Patients, too, often feel victimized by the system, enduring an average wait of five years for compensation for their injuries, and suffering the same emotional exhaustion from the drawn-out legal battle.
Obsessed with the speeches of Reverend Wright and Senator Clinton's messages to white men, most members failed to review the arithmetic of the Blue Dog's enduring pork barrel system.
It is a magnificent goal, emphasizing prevention and treatment, linking private and public sectors and stressing short-term goals along with the urgent need to build enduring health care systems.
Particularly in the case of heavy rainfall events or enduring snowmelts, these systems gain further importance due to their massive discharge of untreated water (originating from municipal waste waters and road runoff) into the connected surface waters.
