11.   Grasshoppers and their damage will persist through August, Woodson says.

12.   Israel responded with fire, and the gunfight persisted through the morning.

13.   Only if cool temperatures persist through the growing season could production be affected, analysts said.

14.   Patients showed a marked decrease in bone mineral density after one year, which persisted through clinical studies up to two years, FDA officials said.

15.   Random gunfire erupted in the streets and persisted through the night.

16.   Since your troubles have persisted through several versions of Windows, it is possible that you have some hardware problems.

17.   Still, the job market suggests the sluggishness persisted through November.

18.   Such alleles could persist through evolutionary time if they help fight off infectious diseases in early life and do not trigger autoimmune reactions until middle or late life.

19.   Straplike foliage persists through the winter, finally dying down in spring.

20.   That idea persisted through the founding of the nation.