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lasting

(= permanent) continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place permanent secretary to the president permanent address literature of permanent value (= durable, long-lasting) existing for a long time hopes for a durable peace a long-lasting friendship lasting a long time without change a lasting relationship (= persistent) retained; not shed persistent leaves remain attached past maturity the persistent gills of fishes

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Topics lasting topics

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Simple sentences

This new medicine has a lasting effect.
The scenery of the Alps left a lasting impression on me.
The 19th-century European colonization of Africa has left a lasting legacy all over the continent.
As of 1950, the European Coal and Steel Community begins to unite European countries economically and politically in order to secure lasting peace.
This book left a lasting impression on her.
We must support the Lebanese who have marched and bled for democracy, and the Israelis and Palestinians who seek a secure and lasting peace.
I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.
That galloping inflation has been lasting for three years now. People are frustrated and angry.
The future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns into ever lasting regret if you don't plan for it!
The secret of a long-lasting marriage? It's very simple: you just need to find the right woman and get old enough.
I saw a woman at the church, whose beauty made a lasting impression on me.
The war lasting for years impoverished the country.
Everything like this can seem very laughable in the West. However, in the East it caused battles lasting a century.

Movie subtitles

The man from the Stracke Museum came today. He had never heard of a creature like this lasting longer. than three weeks in captivity.
I've read of people lasting 30 days on this stuff.
To do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace.. among ourselves and with all nations.
If you wish your new estate to be touched with lasting beauty cherish those gracious visions of your first love.
Friendship's much more lasting than love.
I'm sorry to hear that, I always try to leave a lasting impression.
Sweet, not lasting.
Lasting pain, that is.
A weaver whose words were like his work: simple, and lasting, and strong.
Don't you realise it's put me under a lasting obligation to him?
Because she is, maybe someday there'll be a lasting peace between our people.
You have only one real, lasting love.
How's the wood lasting?
Farewell sour annoy. for here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.
It's left some lasting impressions on me.
The war's lasting too long.
I reckon it won't be lasting you long.
Never count on its lasting and don't ask me to count on it.
Because the most lasting of all is the fame passing from one generation to another his name came to typify to all of us frontiers and freedom adventure and fair play the spirit of the West.
Forward, not permanent. Sweet, not lasting.
Short time to make a lasting impression.
You sure made a lasting impression. She come charging down them stairs like a scared doe.
A strong people is the only lasting strength.
It made a deep, lasting impression on me.
I've had trances lasting more than a day. with almost complete suspension of heartbeat and respiration.
The story made a deep and lasting impression on me.
Our meeting left a lasting impression on me.
She made it strong for lasting because it was a far piece to come.
Just as with our models here today, the lasting impression of beauty made by actresses in movies and on TV comes from the skillful use of color.
Your fiancee was in the house then he chose a film lasting four hours.
To a long and lasting friendship.
The long-lasting war took Yevdokim from the Urals to the Carpathians, from the Carpathians to Petrograd, from Petrograd to Vladivostok.
He can't guarantee a lasting recovery.

News and current affairs

The confederation I advocate would thus constitute an intermediate stage (lasting five or ten years), at the end of which Kosovo is likely to become fully independent.
The consequences of Europe's rush to austerity will be long-lasting and possibly severe.
During any lull, a fanatic from either side could jump to center stage and, through an act of utter madness, kick up the settling dust and dash the hopes of the many on both sides who still long for a lasting peace.
Perhaps the end will come in a different way, but it is difficult to imagine the age of US exceptionalism lasting indefinitely.
And it should reflect the understanding that development is impossible without peace, just as peace is impossible without development - and that lasting peace and sustainable development are impossible without respect for human rights and the rule of law.
But the Iraq war's domestic impact - the Pentagon's ever mushrooming budget and its long-term influence on the US economy - may turn out to be its most lasting consequence.
One goal of the recent war in Iraq was to build a lasting market democracy that could serve as an example for the Middle East.
The post-crisis era is likely to be characterized by lasting aftershocks in the developed world - undermining the external demand upon which China has long relied.
You cannot build lasting future relations between countries that have each in their own way suffered so much, without coming to terms with the past.
In fact, Blair is reportedly not very interested in these changes, but it is they-not some beacon of British prosperity and social justice-that are his lasting legacy.
There is also every reason to renew diplomatic efforts to bring about a lasting cease-fire and, following that, a settlement that addresses the grievances that helped bring about this crisis in the first place.
But lasting connections between leaders and governed can not be created by reducing public debate to simple referendum alternatives.
The irony is that it was the US that built some of the longest lasting alliances and institutions the modern world has seen, and that were central to American power for over half a century.
But that cooperation was nothing like a lasting alliance.
Getting seed and fertilizer to smallholder farmers at highly subsidized prices (or even free in some cases) will make a lasting difference.
Only by demonstrating professionalism in its work, and willingness to hold senior government figures accountable where appropriate, can the ICC engender broad and lasting support.
Instead, political leaders must use these windfalls to invest in innovation, promote sustainable businesses, and encourage new patterns of decent, long-lasting employment.
The crisis in Europe's southern neighborhood reflects a deep-seated transformation process that will have long-lasting consequences - for the region, for Europe, and for the world.
The aim was to strengthen cooperation as a means of creating a lasting peace.
As Gordon notes, there have been long-lasting productivity dividends associated with urbanization - a trend that could continue for at least another decade in China.
Discretionary consumption is typically deferred during recessions, especially for long-lasting durable goods such as motor vehicles, furniture, and appliances.
Indeed, the only certainty of any pre-emptive strike is irreparable and long-lasting damage to regional security and political and economic stability.
With a bit of temporary help, perhaps lasting around five years, farmers can build up enough wealth to obtain inputs on a market basis, either through direct purchases from savings or through bank loans.
Indeed, both of these shocks will have long-lasting repercussions.
Indeed, real and, one hopes, long-lasting achievements have been made by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, the city as a whole, the government, and the six provinces concerned.

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