The dearth of women on corporate boards has been a persistent issue for decades.
The scholars were subjected to persistent surveillance for decades as MI5 and police special branch officers tapped and recorded their telephone calls, intercepted their private correspondence and monitored their contacts, the files show.
Although most compounds in these mixtures are biodegradable, the contaminant sources are very persistent for many decades after the contamination occurred (e.g., more than 100 years ago at gasworks sites).
Discrimination persisted for decades afterward, however.
The president and chief executive of the Indiana-based Lumina Foundation, Jamie Merisaids, sain in the report that gaps in educational achievement are linked to race, income and class and reflect "persistent inequities that have dogged us for decades".
New Yorkers received tainted water for decades, despite persistent protests over the foul taste.
Chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) last for decades without biodegrading.
Some countries such as Wallis and Futuna had persistent and successful elimination programs for decades, whilst many others have experienced resurgence after reducing microfilaria prevalence to levels below 1% [ 2].
This macabre and persistent rumor, the subject of controversy for decades, is the focus of "The Soap Myth," Jeff Cohen's pointed investigation of the politics of history.
