How do they withstand adversity?
And that's the biggest thing, because when you're together you can withstand adversity.
We'd like to make sure that they're sufficiently strong to withstand adversity in the tail.
"It was a test of ability to withstand adversity," Mr. Brady said recently on his last night here before returning to his teaching duties at the Music Conservatory of Westchester in White Plains, N.Y.
If we turn our schools into Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon, where all is seen and little is allowed, "We risk raising kids who don't know how to solve problems on their own, withstand adversity or bounce back from the harsh trials life inevitably brings".
According to the 5Cs, a loan is 'money-good' if it has (1) a conscientious borrower (character) with (2) adequate resources to pay claims (capacity) from (3) predictable future cash flows (capital), which may be augmented by (4) pledging assets (collateral) and further augmented (5) with covenants designed to withstand adversity (conditions).
But if we've actively prepared ourselves to withstand adversity, there is always a way to victory over suffering.
These frustrations and ordeals are all tests to see if we have the inner strength and resilience to not only withstand adversity, but to use the pain to transform us into something bigger and better than we would otherwise be.
UPDATED: Feb. 27, 2010/9PM (Chile local time) President Michelle Bachelet delivers a calming speech to the people of Chile, reassuring them that they are a strong and tested population that has withstood adversity before.
The thinking man's front office — Levy is Harvard educated, Jauron went to Yale — began constructing a group that would withstand more adversity than anybody could imagine.
He withstood the adversity of a hurt hand against Bermane Stiverne, a certified contender, and whatever uncertainty was out there about his ability to take a punch now stands diminished.
