Some regulators have focused on forcing banks to fatten up their "capital cushions" to withstand trouble.
And because there are greater fears of a recession occurring in the United States than in the global economy, tech may be able to withstand trouble here better than some other sectors, market strategists said.
But the mayor's mother, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said she believed that her son could withstand his troubles because of his significant work for Detroit.
They also fear that losing flexibility in currency exchange rates will make them less competitive and less able to withstand financial trouble.
But on the court, he was a revelation, providing Louisville enough offensive firepower to withstand early foul trouble for its other primary scoring threat, Peyton Siva, and a surprisingly tame defensive performance that Coach Rick Pitino blamed partly on his team's illnesses.
Determinism is not a "get out of trouble free withstand any logical".
Many have defected to Mr Sarkozy, Mr de Villepin's chief rival on the right, whose popularity seems to have withstood the current troubles.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich could emerge as their newest hope, but he lacks a strong campaign organization and will have to prove that his long and sometimes troubled political history can withstand closer scrutiny.
By demonstrating a willingness to allow Greece to exit the euro zone and default on its debts, Merkel and Sarkozy indicated that they think the rest of Europe could withstand such an event without too much trouble.
Western air power could make short work of Mr. Assad's army: though often described as formidable, the Syrian military is having trouble completely suppressing the rebels and could never withstand a sustained outside onslaught.
Its focus now is on a far more narrow goal: readying Afghan forces to withstand the Taliban regardless of the country's looming political and economic troubles.
