These days — on, say, the women of New York City — leopard print, whether thrift or high fashion, seems to signify, more than anything, a certain knowingness, and the wearer's confidence that her own sartorial intentions, whatever they may be, can withstand the print's thick past: haughty luxury, prim sophistication, seedy overexposure, rock, kitsch, and, of course, many shades of sex.
Juberi insisted the opposition may be able to withstand the Russian Grozny-style assault saying "it has been able to stand up to the regime for six years.
"ITV and Associated [owner of the Daily Mail] may be able to withstand Group M, but most others are bullied and fall over," says the senior media industry executive.
Intelligence imparts power; power which may be used to withstand a threat, or to apply one; to avert an ill, to bestow a benefit – or to exploit".
And because there are greater fears of a recession occurring in the United States than in the global economy, tech may be able to withstand trouble here better than some other sectors, market strategists said.
The new figures suggest the US economy may be able to withstand a global slowdown better than many economists anticipated despite problems in the once booming shale oil industry.
Athletes, for example, may be able to withstand or ignore pain while engaged in a sport, and certain religious practices may require participants to endure pain that seems intolerable to most people.
Although the Chinese market still looks a promising one for the longer term, the foreign drugmakers face a severe squeeze in the next few years, and not all of them may be able to withstand it.
One curious appetizer is both a nod to the neighborhood's older Polish population and the most daring on the menu, if only because a cast-iron constitution may be necessary to withstand it: garlicky breaded kielbasa corn dogs ($7), as cute as four little blimps surrounding a pile of greens.
Now, American trade officials are warning that of the 50 nations exporting clothing to the United States, perhaps only 10 may be able to withstand untrammeled competition from China, with its almost limitless supply of cheap labor and its capacity for high-volume production.
