Bush, and Al Gore all made their decisions about military service with public office in mind; they wished to maintain their political viability within the system, one might say.
This is a man, Mr. Turque writes, who believed the Vietnam War was wrong but enlisted in 1969 to protect his father's political career and guarantee his own viability within the system.
The move suggests that even as Mr. Weiner vows to press ahead with his candidacy, there are mounting doubts about its political viability within his own campaign.
A joint statement from William Brodsky, the chairman of the C.B.O.E., and David Brennan, chairman of the C.B.O.T., said: "Leaders and investment bankers from both exchanges will begin meeting as soon as possible so that we may begin to assess the viability, within a reasonable time period, of a merger of the C.B.O.T. and C.B.O.E".
Asked about the mission of the team, a White House spokesman, Bill Burton, said: "The auto team is working to assess long-term viability within the context of the existing loan agreements, while recognizing that the economy has deteriorated since September 2008 and that both companies are now asking for more money".
Perhaps the most notorious of all Clinton quotes — after "Briefs," "I didn't inhale," "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," and "It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is" — comes from his 1969 letter to a reserve colonel: "I decided to accept the draft in spite of my beliefs for one reason: to maintain my political viability within the system".
CNT/SDS conjugates affected cell viability within 30 min of exposure (Fig. 1h).
The error bars are shown in blue and represent the standard deviation in cell viability within 8 repeat samples.
But there's another bogeyman lurking that could threaten the carmakers' viability within weeks and render all these efforts moot.
It was found out that USI essentially no affect on the cell viability within the time interval from 0 to 10 min.
Finally, exposure chamber dosimetry was assessed by measuring cell viability within a single chamber, and comparing cell inserts which were exposed to the same dilution of cigarette smoke.
