Word: inertia
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From the moment Strongman Mohammed Naguib proclaimed a revolution in Egypt, he began a furious fight against the nation's constitutional inertia. There was not much time. He had to transform Egypt before cowed politicians could make a comeback, and a fickle public got too impatient waiting for results...
...schools should take sides on controversial matters, Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of the Law School, declared last night. "There is a large measure of inertia in our society, and the man who seeks to make a change...is likely to encounter resistance. Law schools and scholars have a duty to meet this resistance," he said...
...protected by civil service or by term appointments. Many of them are certain to feel that it is not time for a change-of any kind. They may buck organizational changes designed to save money, and they may buck Administration efforts to modify or reverse Democratic policy. The enormous inertia of the civil service is a prime (and little recognized) factor of modern government. The victor nowadays is denied 99% of the spoils of office, but he still has 100% of the responsibility for decision and action. One of the biggest problems facing the new Administration will...
...Inertia. 33. Ben Fairless and Phil Murray finally stopped the steel strike by agreeing on terms which included...
...contest fixed in a way which might make it hard for Mr. Stevenson to fulfill his promise of a change in tone. His friends say that this is an easy task for a determined man with the White House as his base; his opponents will assert that the inertia of the loyal partisan is a most formidable force...