The pastoralist lifestyle has subsisted in these highly seasonal and unpredictable environments, managing the uncertainty and risk and converting sparse vegetation into livestock biomass (Miller and Schaller 1996).
For more than two decades, the very backbone of the Internet — the network — has subsisted in the shadows, pinned beneath the weight of a fast-growing Internet economy and a powerful cohort of incumbents with much to lose.
"I understand the point of view of people who have subsisted in the fishing industry from time immemorial, and the importance of wanting to maintain that way of life.
What makes you think you can do it?" This was the late '80s, and the vast majority in our community were first-generation refugees, many of them boat people who had subsisted for years in refugee camps in Southeast Asia.
Fresh fruits and vegetables began appearing in their refrigerator, replacing the fatty discount chicken, and the canned and frozen food they had subsisted on for years.
He had subsisted on one biscuit and two handfuls of "mielies" (i.e., maize).
Still, a modest private shelter for battered women and children, called City of Hope, has subsisted since 2001 in a beachside suburb.
Moreover, many of the Syrian Armenians in Armenia have subsisted on their savings so far.
What if they weren't any good as live performers after having subsisted for so many years in mothballs?
Humans have subsisted on bushmeat for millennia, and in this part of Africa it remains a principal source of protein — sometimes the only source.
