Mr. Elía warned, however, that the government risked being too optimistic, especially considering the group's historical ability to adapt.
Compared to proven historical ability, even the boldest comments of the big energy companies appear tentative and insipid.
While emphasizing the disruptive nature of industrial capitalism on workers' interests, Mr. Thompson also affirmed working people's historical ability to influence the transition to industrial capitalism.
It is surprising to see Senator Dole, who has spoken eloquently of his love for the Senate, abet the undermining of that institution's historical ability to act as a check and balance on the executive branch.
The economies and populations of metropolises like London, New York and San Francisco have rebounded as a result.What those cities have not regained is their historical ability to stretch in order to accommodate all those who want to come.
Encryption has become one of the hottest hi-tech issues on Capitol Hill, as Congress debates whether the government should step in and limit the strength of encryption products to maintain law enforcement's historical ability to eavesdrop electronically on anyone it wants.
The combination of these two factors may impede the company's historical ability to maintain a financial profile as strong as in the past.
An individual's ability to substitute employer-sponsored health insurance with insurance purchased in the individual market may be hampered by high costs (Whitmore et al. 2011) and insurance companies' historical ability to exclude (or charge higher premiums to) persons with pre-existing conditions (Kaiser Family Foundation 2012).
Today, it is easier to get a loan on multi-family than it is a house because the multi-family (rental units) gets valued by its historical ability to produce income.
"It felt like stealing time from the company," Cass tells VICE, "but it also felt like it saved my life". Cass's interest lies less in digital wonders or tricks; instead, he's drawn to the camera's historical ability to record and compress the strangeness of time.
