Ultimately, this weakened the company's stock, as the perception lingered that Barnett was not a major player in the area of mergers and acquisitions.

But perceptions linger, and the spate of TV programs have only further enhanced the cloud over the city's image.

The perception has lingered that the region is run by colonels, and prone to episodic debt crises.

With crime rates down, office workers are less fearful than they used to be, but old perceptions linger.

Nevertheless, employees' perception that they are giving away something private can linger, and it is up to the employer to acclimate workers to the technology.

But for reasons he said he could not understand, the perception has lingered that he is led by the State Senate's Republican members.

The ill perceptions, it seems, still linger in the public consciousness.

The timing, and the bright lights, implied that the Monday game was special, and the perception has lingered.

But a perception lingers among American Jewish groups that Switzerland has fallen far short of a moral accounting for its role.

Despite the uniform applicant pool, experts say, old perceptions linger.