It was far more important to deal with the immediate survival of his own troops.
And always, the governing force as we wish you now to understand this concept was whatever the individual believed had control over his immediate survival.
By the time the truth dawned on them, it was too late to think of anything else except immediate personal survival.
Diplomats and other experts say two major question marks hang over the plan's immediate survival.
Most of the women who come here are dealing with issues of immediate survival.
While we are dramatically fouling up the planet with little or no regard for tomorrow, our immediate survival as a species is not under threat.
The emphasis is on immediate survival: Get the refugees through the next few weeks of their ordeal, until a broader plan can be worked out.
In moments when he thought beyond immediate survival, Svavar wondered what became of those two sorcerers.
Though it meant acquiring new knowledge, it was essential to immediate survival.
Neither did anyone seem interested in anything but their own immediate survival.