What would happen is that effective power would shift, automatically, to those with some permanence.
That is, the ephemeral nature of all speech is being given the permanence of text.
FORBES: We All Write Things We Regret, So What Can We Do About It?
Perhaps a long-ingrained preference for permanence is being replaced by a desire for the perpetually changing.
The pact, he said, enhanced the euro's permanence "contrary to all the negative prophecies".
And that is a big advantage of books, and of physical artifacts in general: permanence.
The verb "to finalize" became common in literary circles, expressing the permanence of printed words.
The concept of object permanence explains why peek-a-boo is such a hilarious game for infants.
FORBES: Greece and Spain's Debt Death-Spiral Is a Lethal Game of Peek-a-Boo
The presidency has started to develop some features of greater permanence, which could be nudged along.
But it is quite likely that the compromises reached under Mr Bremer's supervision may harden into permanence.
They stride around proclaiming a project's permanence, oblivious to the shadow of catastrophe that looms behind them.
Because a false concept about the permanence and credibility of tree pulp persists.
FORBES: The Inevitable Steve Jobs Vs. Dennis Ritchie Discussion
Maybe they offer an illusion of permanence and continuity in a world characterized mainly by mobility, change, and uncertainty.
Even the buildings somehow don't quite exude the permanence of the old jobs.
And the permanence of social media and technology can be a life sentence.
The depth and permanence of the schism will only be revealed with time.
ECONOMIST: Splits in the world's biggest Muslim organisation
The status quo by itself is not harmful but when it morphs into a kind of permanence then it can be harmful.
El Mogote has an air of increasing permanence: a stack of new wood for building blocks the mud track entering the settlement.
For most Ugandans, this was a vote for or against Mr Museveni himself, not for or against the permanence of his system.
We want connectivity and immediacy, but we also seek permanence and tradition.
Also, budget deficits got easy to finance in the absence of dollar convertibility, so you can hang their permanence on 1971 as well.
FORBES: Trashing JFK's Tax Cuts, One of the Greatest Policy Successes of All Time
There was one campaign that perhaps stands above them all for both the duration of my involvement (eight years) and its historic permanence.
There's something about rhyme, about formal patterns of accents, about parallelism in grammatical structure -- they give language a kind of magic and permanence.
The permanence of what anyone posts online and the absence of an "eraser" button mean that the embarrassment and potential damage can last forever.
The permanence of the Brotherhood has been threatened by the lack of interest shown by the elite in cultures of African and mixed origin.
The problem, as Richard points it out, is object permanence .
FORBES: Greece and Spain's Debt Death-Spiral Is a Lethal Game of Peek-a-Boo
The most significant changes had occurred in the '60s, when the English group Archigram took perfect aim at the permanence and predictability of accepted architectural norms.
Mr. Oldenburg thinks of his public art as "a step into architecture" and always insisted on permanence his public art was meant to last, like a building.
WSJ: Claes Oldenburg: The '60s Is in Vienna, Will Move to U.S.
Avon has devised a rating system that takes account of small indices of permanence and responsibility, such as a mobile phone number or a formal address.
With its stunning Renaissance art and architecture on view in well-proportioned squares and in world-class museums, there is a sense of elegance and permanence that helps root all who live here.
应用推荐