Word: dormantly
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...feet are numb, and the air is so thin that a few tentative steps leave the body screaming for relief. Perhaps this is how Hans Meyer felt when, 100 years ago, the German geologist became the first to ascend to the rarefied heights of Mount Kilimanjaro, an immense dormant volcano 49 miles long and 24 miles wide that straddles the border between Tanzania and Kenya. Or the myriad of tourists who have since gasped their way to the roof of Africa...
...happy coincidence, or perhaps a deliberate one, that the new trends toward peace are occurring while American diplomacy in the region lies dormant and uncertain...
...signal some thaw in the "cold peace" that prevails between the two countries. Shevardnadze's revival of the international-conference proposal skillfully shored up the Arab moderates who have long advocated it, and his presence in Cairo, the first visit by a Soviet Foreign Minister since 1975, invigorated long-dormant Soviet influence in Egypt...
...Poets' Theater has completed its revival--after remaining dormant for almost 20 years--by establishing an office at the Center for Literary Studies...
While most people can guard against the AIDS virus, the disease has undeniably created a disaster of monumental and mounting proportions. Up to 1.4 million Americans, and perhaps 10 million people worldwide, are already infected with the AIDS virus. Since the virus may lie dormant in the body for years before causing the disease, the number of AIDS cases -- and the death toll -- will continue rising for years...