21.   Despite the commitment to pool economic ideas, policy differences persist among the socialists.

22.   Despite the reported acceptance of the peace deal by the Bosnian Serb leaders, resistance persisted among Serbs living around the capital.

23.   Despite the reported acceptance of the peace deal by the Bosnian Serb leaders, resistance persisted among local Serbs living around the capital.

24.   Skepticism, however, persists among some analysts.

25.   Still, opposition persists among a quiet majority of Germans.

26.   But disagreement persists among APEC nations on how to achieve it.

27.   To make things worse, profit-taking persisted among financials and old-economy industrials, he said.