1.   An uneasy truce has prevailed since late October, when thousands of cocaleros gathered for protests in Cochabamba, the largest city near the Chapare.

2.   A tenuous cease-fire has prevailed since early last month.

3.   But he does, and he is determined to use his stewardship of that office to reshape patent laws that have prevailed since the Civil War.

4.   Noah was also the lone net-rushing player to have prevailed since the golden age of the Aussies.

5.   This view, though, ignores a basic aspect of American life that has prevailed since the beginning of the Republic.

6.   He returned to Albania in April, vowing to pull the country out of the anarchy that has prevailed since March.

7.   A relative lull has prevailed since then.