Such absurdities underscore one of the most important reasons, in Lankov's view, for North Korea's persistence: its ability to prevent the vast majority of the population from receiving information about the outside world.
The foundation president, Richard Logan, tells me that he and his colleagues have "scoured the news ecosystem", looking for projects that "not only have the persistence and ability to get great stories, but the moxy and means to get them into the public domain".
Bansal: Persistence, the ability to take constructive criticism, strong work ethic, balance and creativity.
PBDEs are similar to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in structure, lipophilicity, persistence, and ability to bioaccumulate (Hardy 2002a; McDonald 2002).
Because of their persistence, lipophilicity, ability to bioaccumulate, and concerns regarding adverse effects on human health, production of PentaBDE and OctaBDE is now prohibited by the Stockholm Convention, an international treaty that governs persistent organic pollutants.
As the key challenges of T-cell avidity, persistence and ability to exert the desired anti-tumour effects as well as the identification of new target antigens are addressed, a broader clinical application of these therapies could be achieved.
With regards to the developments of this analysis over the Brady et al. suitability paper, the later was focussed exclusively on the effects of temperature on limiting the global extent of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus persistence and ability to transmit dengue virus.
However, his persistence, scholarship and ability to communicate complex ideas in an engaging way resulted in the phenomenon of religious experience being recognised as widely prevalent and significantly linked with psychological wellbeing.
The public was brought on board with the help of the Chinese Red Cross, and skeptics in China's medical profession were gradually won over by Huang's persistence and his ability to secure official support.
Instead, Ilir Meta chose politics—in which, as prime minister of Albania, he needs much the same qualities: muscle, persistence and an ability to pick the right moment for an all-out effort.
