1.   Apart from some narrowing of the gender gap, this situation largely persisted through the eighteenth century.

2.   The cloudy conditions will persist through the evening and overnight with just the occasional spot of drizzle, mainly over the hills.

3.   An annual exam in the years of rapid bone growth can make the difference between a preventable condition and a disability that will persist through adulthood.

4.   And Dole, who by many accounts faces an uphill battle against Clinton, has no desire to let budget gridlock persist through the summer and fall campaign.

5.   At a news conference Wednesday sponsored by NOAA, scientists said above-normal downpours should persist through April.

6.   A. The Bosnian government is determined to persist through the third winter of war, and I think the Bosnian people are equally determined.

7.   California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamente, a co-chairman of the Gore campaign here, said that trend will persist through Election Day.

8.   Conditions of both crops have deteriorated as dry weather persisted through July.

9.   Coastal flooding is likely to develop, as strong winds persist through several high tide cycles.