The two species with short leaf lifespans will be able to shed their foliage during winter, whereas the foliage of the evergreen Quercus species will have to withstand the months with the lowest temperatures.
Moreover, Mr Capriles will have to withstand centrifugal forces in the heterogeneous MUD coalition.
Bernanke, his colleagues, and his successor — his term is up next January — will have to withstand all of this.
He is understood to have made the "seismic" decision to move shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn, but will have to withstand furious resistance if he is to force it through.
Caroline Wozniacki will try to withstand Kim Clijsters's blistering onslaught, and wear her down with patience, shot selection and a high shot tolerance.
New Zealand have won the toss for this Super Eight meeting and will have to withstand the onslaught from the likes of Lasith Malinga and Ajantha Mendis.
But, as Ms Bair points out, with banks potentially holding much less capital during business expansions under the new rules, raising the capital they will need to withstand a recession could be painful and risk a credit crunch.
"Alex is signed, obviously, going forward for five years, so we will have to withstand if there's times down like this — the first three months of this year, which is the expectation," Cashman said.
On the second floor, Peter Sosna, one of the company's craftspeople, assembled a Sitka spruce soundboard, which will need to withstand 2,000 pounds of pressure after the harp has been strung.
