Word: inertia
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...bound to support the candidate who wins the national popular vote. The bill would guarantee that the presidential candidate with the most popular votes in all 50 states would win the presidency—a novel concept, I know. Legislatures across the country should shake off the inertia of tradition and get on board with this plan...
...effect of “Autobahn’s” intense focus on the conflicts between its characters tends to evoke a feeling of inertia: it presents snapshots of the various stages in a relationship rather than the journeys in between. Nonetheless, each snapshot of “Autobahn” presents a compelling portrayal of these relationships: a significant achievement in itself...
...trying to engage in some abstract sense of “networking” that will provide me with an advantage on the job market. I am campaigning because I am simply tired of the cynical state of affairs that has prevailed out of sheer inertia, and I suspect that others, if not tired enough to write an op-ed, are at least tired enough to go to the UC’s voting website and give a the Council a clear thumbs-down...
Waking up is hazardous The morning haze you experience when the alarm clock goes off is known as sleep inertia, and it clouds your brain more than sleep deprivation. The impairment is most severe in the first 10 minutes but can linger for up to two hours...
...which should work immediately to authorize large swaths of courses for Core credit for this spring term. Most upper-level courses are difficult enough that they will not require a high level of scrutiny. The only excuse for not authorizing scores of new courses is surmountable institutional inertia...