Word: fester
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...Hentoff mused, “Let us suppose these codes were in place on every campus in the country. Would racism go away? Racism would go underground, in the dark, where it’s most comfortable.... But racist attitudes would still fester. The only way to deal with racism is to bring it out into the open—not to pretend it has been scared away...
...order to solve the twin problems of not getting what we want from the administration and having our dissatisfaction fester into unhappiness and further splintering, we must be willing to engage in a single campus debate, the result of which will be advocated by our council. I am not suggesting that all students should come into campus debate with identical views; but contrary to the present condition we must channel our disagreements toward a productive compromise. Only if we can enter into a dialogue with our council representatives and be informed enough to elect those that will be accountable...
...dozens of student employees have been working without pay. A flawed computer system has left some students who toil in Harvard’s libraries, museums and research labs unpaid for untold hours of work. Even worse, the problems with the new PeopleSoft payroll system have been left to fester as administrators and computer consultants try to figure out what went wrong...
...hand over responsibility and pull out. Without a proper army in place, a return to the kind of chaos that gave rise to the Taliban and the feuding warlords is not out of the question. Says a U.S. military source: "Lawless groups like al Qaeda will again come in, fester, recruit and spread hatred unchecked...
...said. "How would [bombers' families] feel if all their neighbors were getting food and medicine, and they were singled out and not getting food and medicine?" Added Prince Saud: "Isn't it better to give assistance to the families of these people, rather than to have the hate fester? What is shameful about helping families, unless you believe in guilt by association?" Prince Saud denounced the charge that the Saudi money is helping breed new martyrs. "Does this money, when it goes to the families of the suicide bombers, tell another boy or girl, 'Go kill yourselves, and we will...