Word: defunctive
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...beyond dispute is that the government is in seemingly perpetual conflict with a significant portion of its population. The N.P.A. should be a cold war relic, a forgotten insurgency rotting away in the Southeast Asian jungle. Instead-and despite its bloody purges, its "sparrow unit" death squads and its defunct ideology-it remains an enduring symbol of the failure of successive governments to improve the lives of ordinary Filipinos. Deep in the mountains, Comrade Victor has no doubt that his "protracted people's war" will outlast Arroyo's presidency, although in one sense...
...Regardless of the outcome of the search, Faust will have a place in University history: as the person who transformed Radcliffe from a defunct women’s college into a cross-disciplinary engine of research...
...that run contrary to their own sectarian agendas. U.S. troops who work with the Iraqi Army in Baghdad say Iraqi soldiers are showing greater sympathy to militias as the city's sectarian fighting grows still bloodier. In the battle for Baghdad, the Iraqi Army is unpredictable at best, virtually defunct at worst. That means most of the fighting President Bush predicts will come in Baghdad in the months ahead will likely be done by Americans, despite hopes to the contrary...
...films being shown at the series, a short piece called “Death Mills,” was found in a defunct military base outside of Boston. There were no credits on the piece to identify Wilder as its creator. An anti-Nazi propaganda piece made for the U.S. Office of War Information, the short was recently traced to Wilder when an interview was discovered in which he mentioned the film...
...past, FAS has consistently avoided commitment. In 2001, student activism led to the creation of an energy task force that did little and went defunct. In 2004, the administration sidestepped a proposal to add a $10 opt-out fee to the term bill to purchase wind energy. Given this history, it becomes clear that there must be decisive student support if anything is to change...