But we've weathered other things.

The rocks are weathered into fantastic forms.

We, in Bangladesh, have weathered many severe floods and cyclones, and the toll in terms of life and property has been huge.

Gazelle, I killed you for your skin's exquisite touch, for how easy it is to be nailed to a board weathered raw as white butcher paper.

STANFORD Many Europeans have come to believe that they have weathered the economic and financial storm. In the last two years, deficits and debt have stabilized.

They've all weathered Georgia's oppressive humidity for the nearly eight hours as Brooks lead them on a pilgrimage to the grave sites of the Malcoms and Dorseys.

Where the concentrations of un weathered oil components are highest, water breathing organisms die. In a much larger area, they become tainted and rendered useless as food products.

Having weathered 60 years of vicissitudes, the United Nations needs multifaceted and multidimensional reforms so as to be able to make a greater contribution to mankind's noble cause of peace and development.

China weathered the 2008 global economic crisis better than other emerging economies. And, though structural factors, including an aging population and shrinking labor force, can certainly undermine potential growth, their effects are not sudden.

Taking a bird's eye view of the Performing Arts Plaza, the colorful roof seems like a butterfly dancing among the flowers. And the bright colors will not fade even weathered rain and snow over time .

FRANKFURT Germany has weathered the financial crisis much better than most of its neighbors. Regarded as the sick man of Europe as recently as 1999, today the country boasts the continent's strongest economy, accounting for roughly a quarter of its exports.

By the second half of 2011, it was evident that emerging economies, which had weathered the financial crisis that began in 2008 moderately well, were taking on water as the eurozone crisis deepened. Growth slowed sharply in Brazil, India, China, and other countries.

Moreover, measures taken during the crisis may have helped to mitigate financial contagion, but some do not support robust long term development of the sector. Many developing economies weathered the crisis at the cost of massive direct state intervention, while their financial sectors lack breadth and access.

This could be achieved by unfunded pension obligations, which do not require that banks set aside the money in advance. Banks overseen by managers who had larger unfunded pensions weathered the financial crisis better than their counterparts, presumably because they had a stronger incentive to keep them safe.

WASHINGTON , DC China has weathered the Great Recession well. The world now waits to see if last year s impressive domestic demand growth can be sustained, and if China can, in the words of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, give full play to the leading role of consumer demand in driving economic growth.

CAMBRIDGE In the age old contest of economic growth models, state capitalism has seemed to be gaining the upper hand in recent years. Avatars of liberal capitalism like the United States and the United Kingdom continued to perform anemically in 2012, while many Asian countries, relying on various versions of dirigisme, have not only grown rapidly and steadily over the last several decades, but have also weathered recent economic storms with surprising grace.