Eventually, however, it is time to settle into the gray landscape, however impermanently.

Majestic, detailed and pertinent history of three eastern Mediterranean cities - Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut - that managed, however impermanently, to thrive as true cosmopolitan melting pots.

Decoration of the body in permanent ways such as scarification or tattoo or impermanently as in painting the body for a ceremony is a common feature of African cultures.

On 11 November 2012, members were sent an e-mail stating that no more content could be uploaded after 14 November and that all content will be impermanently deleted on 31 December 2012.

Although former stables and cow-houses may offer opportunities for conversion into dwellings, it is often the case that they were too cheaply and impermanently built and are too small to provide a structure which is easily adapted into a house.