1.   Firestone has weathered storms before, he said, and it will bounce back.

2.   Hunt has weathered lesser ethical storms during his four terms in office, but none that has touched him so personally.

3.   Its members have weathered storms over their religious affiliations, the color of their skin, their sex or their area of origin.

4.   Like the Hurricane-battered Caribbean in which it is situated, Haiti has weathered one political storm after another for centuries.

5.   Still, investors have weathered similar storms during the last decade and have emerged way ahead.

6.   The couple has since weathered storms, including those caused by controversial marital choices of two of their daughters.