The whole idea had been that Opal would endure pain, and then survive it.

The theory was that only the strongest and best ideas would survive the review process.

Henry Ford's big idea has indeed survived its first 100 years.

These two ideas, remembrance and reconciliation, will surely survive in the century ahead.

But that idea did not survive, both negotiators said, and it is unlikely any agreement will run through 2007.

Whether the idea survives as more than a fad remains to be seen.

How will the idea of God survive in the years to come?

His ideas have survived him and crept into vogue in American politics.

Guides to good criticism will help readers see whether an idea has survived the worst objections yet raised.

Aristotle's ideas of natural history and medicine survived, but they were generally taken unquestioningly.