Word: dormant
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...made, right? Would Muammar Gaddafi have spent billions to pay off terror victims if he didn't expect a return? But most of the interested players are already there. European oil companies - including France's Total, Spain's Repsol, Germany's Wintershall and Italy's Eni - maintained a dormant presence in Libya after U.N. sanctions were imposed in 1992 for Tripoli's suspected role in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. They quickly revved up after sanctions were suspended in 1999, when Libya surrendered two suspects. That allowed Libya to export around 1.2 million barrels of oil per day - around...
...Anna was a tremendous life force, an unbelievable friend, caring and very passionate,” said Scott Taylor ’99, a close friend who worked with Su in the CityStep program. “She inspired the dormant to help others, and she created an enormous amount of energy around her and CityStep...
...Saddam's regime are playing a central role in the resistance, but it's not clear whether they're dependent on the same central authority that held them together before the regime was toppled. There is evidence that some of the attacks on U.S. forces may emanate from previously dormant Islamist and nationalist elements, and foreign jihadis from other Arab countries. For both Bremer and the military commanders, the bet appears to be that subduing the insurgency will depend less on eliminating Saddam and his heirs than on aggressive counterinsurgency tactics combined with urgent improvements on the delivery of basic...
...hoisted out of the ground, Randy stood in their kitchen and said, "I think I could go back." At the time, she would have none of it. "I said, 'We're not going to go there. We're not going to have this discussion.'" The subject went dormant for the next few months, as Randy felt his way through the novel labyrinths of movie offers and government inquiries. Annette enjoyed his unprecedented presence, enjoyed not having to worry about whether he would make it home. But before he even raised the issue again last November, she knew what was coming...
...Rome, Charles B. Watson ’03 spent a summer working in the Vatican with the secretary who oversees the correspondence of Pope John Paul II—in Latin. In Cambridge, he revived the Harvard Classical Club, which had been dormant for a decade. Today, Watson is poised to fulfill a dream he has pursued since he first set foot in the Yard—delivering the Latin Oration at Harvard’s 352nd Commencement...