The pain persisted, and by the time Sharapova played a first-round match in Montreal in July 2008, it had become severe.

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Historically, iOS has delivered a reliably responsive experience more of the time than Android, and this perception by consumers has persisted even as Android has improved.

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But the jury, led by David Lynch, persisted in giving good films minor awards.

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The financial markets remained jittery on Thursday as worries persisted about the high cost of borrowing faced by Italy.

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But even this terrible period was eclipsed by an incredible mega-drought that persisted from the 1550s to 1590s over the Southwestern U.S., and into the 1600s over Wyoming and Montana.

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If Congress persisted, NAFTA competition authorities could send the American government to be fined by Mexican, American and Canadian judges at the NAFTA court.

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Holum is a former George McGovern staffer and unalloyed arms control ideologue whose nomination was so controversial that it failed to receive Senate approval for over a year -- a situation that surely would have persisted until Mr. Clinton left office, had it not been ended by a recess appointment after the Senate left town earlier this month.

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The slowdown appears to have persisted in the first three months of this year, when retail sales grew in real terms by just 0.3%.

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Yet, DAPTs have not only persisted but grown in popularity not for any compelling technical legal reasons, but because of aggressive marketing by the trust companies that offer them and other promoters.

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