Former executives said that a culture of "earnings management" permeated Enron.

Though Roman historians played down their debt to the Etruscans, Etruscan culture permeated Roman art, architecture and religion.

While Cuban culture and mythology permeated his work, it dealt with the nature of man and therefore was wholly relatable to non-Cubans.

SRC is known as being an employee-owned company and the culture of ownership permeates the entire organization from the CEO to the shop floor.

As a corporate culture based on growth for growth's sake has permeated large institutions, the authority of the curator has diminished exponentially.

Its armies are unstoppable and its culture permeates everywhere.

But for a president it is quite rare, and at least in the view of some historians and government experts, getting rarer, as a national culture of shifting blame permeates American politics.

As their culture permeates street and social life, Arabs are also organizing to influence local politics, starting with the schools, where they make up nearly two-thirds of the ballooning enrollment.

In my experience, the most determined are corporations that abide by the dictum expressed by one Washington-based consultancy: "A culture of attack permeates today's business world."

A culture of toughness permeates the locker room, encouraging players to fight through pain and stay on the field even as they feel the dizzying effects of a blow to the head.