(2) The effects of SES on health are not temporary but sustained and accumulative.
These questions merit sustained and unflinching debate.
"The erosion has been sustained and significant.
Leavey was knocked unconscious and sustained a brain injury and temporary hearing loss; Rex sustained damage to his shoulder.
Another important requirement of tissue engineered systems is the scaffold, which has to be able to sustain and promote the growth of the relevant cells and provide a temporary template for tissue growth and incorporation with the host tissue.
It sustains and rallies people.
Successful technology platforms sustain and reinforce growth.
Finally, Mr. London said, homeowners should check with their insurance agent to ensure that the existing homeowner's insurance policy covered any damages caused by, or injuries sustained by, a temporary occupant of the home.
Matthew Dowd, a former Democrat at the heart of President Bush's re-election campaign, has a favorite quotation from Yeats taped to his office wall: "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary periods of joy".
Thus, both had sustained damage, albeit temporary.
