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She was disgusted at his persistence.

Learning a second language may ultimately depend on persistence.

Calvin Coolidge once remarked that nothing in the world can take the place of persistence - the greatest mistake is giving up.

It takes an enormous amount of effort and persistence for a person to become an Olympic athlete.

Research into second language learning suggests that persistence is one of the most important learning strategies.

Malcolm was determined to get a job at a computer store, and his persistence finally paid off when he was hired last month.

Benjamin Franklin observed that energy and persistence alter all things.

There is a Japanese proverb which states that money grows on the tree of persistence.

This condition further implies that the planetary orbits must be nearly circular; pronounced eccentricity, such as the[Pg 144] orbits of even our short-period comets display, would be fatal to the persistence of water in the liquid state, and hence to the continuance of life.

" That the attribution, by the alchemists, of moral virtues and vices to natural things was in keeping with some deep-seated tendency of human nature, is shown by the persistence of some of their methods of stating the properties of substances: we still speak of "perfect and imperfect gases," "noble and base metals," "good and bad conductors of electricity," and "laws governing natural phenomena.

Its persistence is dependent on the small quantity of alkaline constituents which it contains; and for this reason it is observed that the magnesian micas undergo decomposition less rapidly than those containing the larger quantity of potash.

"…Perhaps the most notable thing about them, when compared with our native species, is their persistence, not to say pugnacity.

The conviction deepened that persistence would be folly, and the most impressive moment of my existence was that on which I stopped at the brink of a profound fissure and looked upon the mountains and the sky.

The effect was one of retinal persistence.

" asked Angela with persistence.

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