A measure of the ability of a substance to remain unchanged in the environment. The term is usually applied to those substances that are or are potentially toxic. Persistence is a significant consideration when assessing the HAZARD PROFILE of a...

Persistence Smith is reading an open book that was shut this morning. At least it certainly seems like the same book he placed closed on his nightstand and opened to read this evening. But, then again, nothing can be both shut and not shut,...

Persistence may refer to: Persistence (computer science), the characteristic of data that outlives the execution of the program that created it Persistence of a number, a mathematical quality of numbers Image persistence, in LCD monitors Inflation...

by Daniel Eisenberg Distributed by Canyon Cinema 2325 3rd St., Ste. 338 San Francisco, California 94107 Berlin Symphony of a Great City, Walter Ruttmann's 1927 film portrait of early twentieth-century Berlin, renders that city and urban modernity as the embodiment of human...

"Keeping the peace afterward will be the hard part." That is what Acting secretary of the Navy Hansford T. Johnson told Navy Leaguers and other attendees at last month's Sea-Air-Space (SAS) Exposition in Washington, D.C. Secretary Johnson, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman...

A persistently bleak housing environment forced The Home Depot Inc. to diminish its financial outlook Tuesday as the nation's largest home improvement store chain posted a 26.8 percent drop in third-quarter profits.Home Depot predicted a decline of as much as 11 percent in earnings per...

Tax abuse persists among charities and other tax-exempt groups and the Internal Revenue Service does not always have the legal means to deal with the problem, the IRS commissioner told Congress."In several areas within our jurisdiction our remedial tools are largely ineffective," acting IRS Commissioner...