Of all the classic 19th-century novels, Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" has been by far the most filmed, outstripping even the ever-durable "Pride and Prejudice".
The director of Shin Bet, Israel's security service, met Jibril Rajoub, a former top Palestinian security man who has recently returned to favour with Yasser Arafat, the ever-durable Palestinian leader.
The choppy book was written by the legendary George Abbott, who also directed the original production, and Douglass Wallop, the author of "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant," the novel on which it is based, a variation on the ever-durable Faust story.
The director Thomas Kail, the choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler and the music director Alex Lacamoire, who all previously collaborated on the Tony-winning musical "In the Heights," certainly seemed a savvy choice to reanimate this urban revision of the ever-durable fable about leaving your own little Kansas for a world of adventure only to find that home is where the heart is.
While not necessarily considered a serious injury, the tendinitis is somewhat alarming because it raises the question about whether Beltran will ever be durable enough this season to be a steady, and productive, presence in the middle of the lineup.
However, it is unlikely that any synthetic material can ever be as durable as a natural or a nature-like biomaterial in the long-term.
For 50 years, space innovation meant scaling Apollo-era technologies into ever larger, more durable satellites parked above their terrestrial clients in geosynchronous orbit.
Should the durable "NCIS" ever start to fade, there's always "NNCIS".
Products are more reliable and more durable than ever.
If there is ever to be a durable peace, Mr. Arafat must reconsider his unyielding approach to Jerusalem.
Automobiles, major appliances, televisions: a quality revolution in the past few decades has made products more reliable and durable than ever before.
