So, the current momentum trade in gold can persist for some time.

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And if they fail to find the right man for the task ahead in Boston, the Fenway Failures could persist for some time.

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He thinks margin pressure in North America may persist for some time, but he believes margins from its international operations will continue to widen in the current oil environment.

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The legacy cultures may persist for some time — visitors to Lockheed Martin naval combat system sites say hints of the old RCA culture survive — but the functional pieces snap together fairly easily.

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While it is, certainly, possible that this period of low-volatility and rising tides may continue to persist for some time, I believe that we are probably much closer to the end of the period of strong positive returns across all asset classes than we are to the beginning.

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While they might persist for a long time, even a century, over time they have repeatedly switched from one form to another, typically when the money owed in one system becomes so large that the denomination must be altered to meet the obligation.

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Chaturon Chaisang, the minister in charge of Thailand's fight against the epidemic, says the problem will persist in Asia for some time.

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Such clouds would persist for an unusually long time because small water droplets are less likely than big ones to turn into rain.

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Producers do not want to take such steps until they are sure weak prices will persist for a lengthy period of time, since it is expensive to close down plants.

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The well-educated can be wrong, the knowledgeable can persist in foolishness for long stretches of time for a myriad of reasons.

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But if doubts persist, for both banks and sovereign, he may not have much time.

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What was not known at the time, however, was DDT's propensity to accumulate, persist and damage the environment.

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