Sentences with phrase «most enduring materials»

Plastic is one of the most enduring materials we make; it takes an estimated 500 to 1,000 years for it to degrade.

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Perhaps of all materials that have been used, hard stone is the most enduring, though even this is subject to destructive erosion if exposed to wind and weather.

As the stories themselves become ever more routine, the increased prominence of this paratextual material offers an indication of what will likely be the most enduring latter - day contribution to the show's legacy.

At most they represent the stories of their owners, but how long do those stories endure — especially when the young, accustomed now to perishable texts and downloads, have so much less connection to the material world?

Her source material is Laura Hillenbrand's mega-bestseller about Olympic runner Louis Zamperini (Jack O'Connell), who endured 47 days marooned on a raft when his plane was shot down over the Pacific in WWII only to be incarcerated for over two years in the most brutal of Japanese POW camps.

This is exactly the kind of predictable, rom - com drivel that Fey has spent most of her career defying, and though her undeniable charm and wit makes the movie a little easier to endure, she'd be better off if she stuck to writing her own material.