1.  A company with excess cash flow can raise dividends and survive tough times without being forced to borrow or sell assets.

2.  He met my mother and when he survived infantry time in Germany and the Korean War, he returned, built a house and raised a family.

3.  He has survived rough times.

4.  In a strange way, if the bad times are survived, the memories actually help.

5.  It is a relationship that has survived rocky times, he said.

6.  It was the second time in the past three years that Fletcher has survived difficult times.

7.  Others are Mormons, taught by their religion to stock up on food and survive tough times.

8.  The theory goes that Pimas who survived times of famine were those whose thrifty genes worked to store fat during times of plenty.

9.  They were divine in another way, having survived tough times in their pursuit of the big time.

10.  Partnerships between former rivals are one way electronics makers here are trying to survive tough times as recovery prospects in the global electronics market remain uncertain.