Word: dormantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trying to activate dormant student power is by increasing the visibility of registration drives, targetting campus populations for special attention. Such effort are underway today--in the local area, the Institute of Politics is hosting a "registration fair" next Tuesday, and MassPIRG is sponsoring its own registration symposium for Boston-area students next weekend...
...they lie dark and dormant in the basement labyrinths of nine houses. But come nightfall, their stoves heat up and so does the atmosphere...
...months after College recognition of a campus organization for Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) students incited widespread debate, the club has become dormant and has scheduled no activities for this fall...
When Mount St. Helens exploded with cataclysmic fury in 1980, many Americans regarded it as an isolated example of nature on the rampage. Geologists, however, have long known that the restless mountain was only one of many dormant volcanoes in the American West. Although some have not stirred in tens of thousands of years, there is no assurance that one or more will not erupt again, perhaps in the near future. As scientists say, "There is no such thing as a dead volcano...
...dramatic rise in interest from a traditionally politically dormant group has several sources. One is the increasing success of Black politicians across the country. Harold Washington's ascension to the Chicago mayoralty and Wilson Goode's primary victory in Philadelphia came after massive voter registration drives. Another reason is the increase in Black success locally--in 1981, the first Black person was elected to the Boston city council since 1968, and for the first time ever two Blacks made it to the school committee. This year, there is the credible mayoral candidacy of a Black, Melvin H. King. "I want...