[ noun ] the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration <noun.attribute>
Permanence \Per"ma*nence\, Permanency \Per"ma*nen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. permanence.] The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature.
Noriega was chosen because it "is fundamental to make political decisions that guarantee the permanence of the republic and the national sovereignty," the assembly resolution said.
Ironically, the approaching end of Mr. Reagan's last term of office is also contributing to his policy's permanence.
The Poles have been particularly concerned about West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's vague statements on the permanence of the border with Poland, a stance Kohl changed only this week.
"He put aesthetic values ahead of questions of permanence.
He was that rare thing, the artist-architect who was supremely practical. Waterhouse gave the Prudential's head office the sense of reliabilty and permanence that the company clearly wanted.
Rogers said the single-room and adjacent bathroom facilities, which he hopes to expand, would serve as a "halfway house," giving the street children a sense of some permanence before they are accepted for entry to the United States.
Now I feel that even though we have a limited budget, it's worthwhile to have something better, something done by a designer, that will create the feeling of quality and permanence I want to project."
To him, those precepts include loyalty and permanence in marriage, raising children with discipline as well as affection, regard for "the worth of every human being" and a spiritual undergirding "that gives meaning to life and the family."
According to congressman Mr Victor Joy Way, China's Shougang Corporation (so far, Peru's most important new foreign investor) has pressed him to run for re-election. Stability has become identified with Mr Fujimori's permanence.
Yet this time capsule speaks not of permanence but of change: four decades that have transformed presidential campaigns, presidential candidates and the Democratic Party itself.
"The experience of the last few months should have taught all that the problem is not of territories, but of Arab refusal to recognize the legitimacy and permanence of the state of Israel," he said.