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Why, then, do the Palestinians persist in firing the crude, inaccurate rockets when there is virtual certainty that the damage they inflict will be far less than the punishment they will suffer?

Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia) woodlands have been able to persist in fire-prone landscapes in northern Portugal where they seem to play a relevant role in community and landscape level patterns and processes, namely in the control of disturbance events and in the maintenance of biodiversity.

Fig. 1 Small, fragmented natural forest patches persist in fire-shadow areas in the landscape.

Iraqis said they knew of no previous occasion, in Baghdad, when people had taken to the streets to march on a government building, and then had persisted in protests even after secret police fired automatic rifles into the air, as they did today.

The former response was characterized by an initial increase in firing frequency, which persisted well beyond stimulus delivery (Fig. 5A).

As recently as the early 17th century, dwindling populations of subfossil lemurs may have persisted in coastal regions where tree-cutting and uncontrolled fires had less of an impact.

Forest patches persisted in topographically sheltered areas and survived the wind-driven fires during the dry season.

When Comey persisted, Trump fired him in the apparent belief — shared with Russian officials — that he had shut down the investigation.

This is on top of earlier fires elsewhere in the region, which followed closely on record droughts that had persisted in the preceding five years.

One question has persisted in the months since the San Bernardino terrorist attack: Could authorities have foiled the shooters' plot before they opened fire?

Others persisted in new forms.