Fairism (if you will) is inexorable, given today's proliferation of galleries (hundreds in New York's Chelsea alone).
After a hard decade, in which its relative power has declined, that distinction (Mexican border walls notwithstanding) is probably the best single reason to believe that the erosion of U.S. influence in the 21st century will not be inexorable.
The past few years have reinforced the suspicion of many that the story of the century will be the inexorable rise of emerging economies.
But those working in the sector still fear without substantial change there will be an inexorable if slow decline in their numbers.
We have assumed the inevitability of the forward march of educational opportunity, that there will be irreversible and inexorable year-on-year, continent-by-continent progress towards universal education.
"It will be a gradual but inexorable process," Mr. Gates told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in remarks on President Obama's plan to ship about 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan next year, bringing the total American troops there to about 100,000.
The Town & Country minivan will be trickier, given the inexorable march of large sport crossovers, which has eroded the position of the stalwart family-mover.
The central challenge for China and its relations with the wider world will be managing its own inexorable rise, writes former Australian Prime Minister and China expert Kevin Rudd as part of a series of features on challenges for China's new leadership.
As if a bridge shaped like a medieval instrument wasn't enough, the designers have also proposed a majestic waterfall to gush down either side, while cyclists will be forced to go on an inexorable spiralling journey down into the depths of its bowl.
The most interesting aspect of these changes will be how industry responds to the inexorable, yet slow change in dental professional demand for these new technologies, while trying to be the "first to market" within the various categories of this business opportunity.
