Third, Republicans are putting together pieces of what you might call a resiliency agenda to help families withstand setbacks.
The oldsters on our list have used their time wisely to build up mini empires that can withstand setbacks like global recessions.
"We maintain our fortress balance sheet and capital strength to withstand setbacks like this, and we will learn from our mistakes and remain diligently focused on our clients, who count on us every day," Dimon said.
Major goals can withstand interim setbacks.
Long-term goals can withstand minor setbacks, so look at the big picture and give yourself the latitude to make some missteps along the way.
Genentech has about 20 drugs in development, so it can withstand a setback to one of them better than most biotechnology companies.
Absent a sharp worsening of the crisis in Europe, investors were feeling better that the American economy was showing stronger momentum in recent weeks and could be resilient enough to withstand a setback, said Jeff Schwarte, United States equities portfolio manager at Principal Global Investors.
Ms Sturgeon and her party remain sufficiently popular to withstand a few setbacks.
"You have to be able to withstand short-term setbacks," said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the matter.
If the Mets packed more punch, they might be able to withstand such medical setbacks, but they had just lost a game in which they got six hits and one run against Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw, a 23-year-old left-hander whose stuff was more overpowering than usual.
To both address areas of disagreement and complaints, as well as pursue common interests and matters of mutual benefit, the EU needs to put in place an institutional framework that can withstand the various setbacks that have, to date, derailed all previous efforts of political dialogue.
