Word: inertia
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...exams in one day not only places an undue strain on the student, but also leads to unsatisfactory grades in both testing groups. Only those undergraduates who were ill or legitimately excused during the original examination period are eligible for re-takes; they should not be victimized by University inertia...
...remembered that he would face difficulties far exceeding those of government policy making officials. What is refereed to as "policy" is often the sum of routine, day-by-day decisions. It is often dictated by circumstances which offer no alternative often the result of a chance decision or of inertia and unwillingness to take the most difficult path. But Mr. Wallace, as a private citizen, were to construct a policy it would have to be built without access to certain confidential material, without the impetus of immediate, necessary decisions, and with no aids other than common sense, a conception...
...years, hapless straphangers have protested in vain. Chicago's traction troubles are rooted in corrupt politics and civic inertia. But last week Chicagoans were no less amazed than if they had suddenly seen the Wrigley Building afloat in Lake Michigan. The "traction problem" was apparently solved at last...
Backside To. After 30 years of complicated experimenting, Herz (who makes his living as an accountant) decided that the earth rotates faster than its oceans and atmosphere. Therefore, the inertia of water and air produce currents that appear to move in the opposite direction. Herz concluded that, since the important (in his opinion) air and ocean currents of the planet do, indeed, move uniformly eastward, the earth must be moving westward...
...Toronto Globe & Mail called Drew's plan "breathtaking," went on to wave a Tory finger underneath the Dominion Government's nose: "In a few short weeks the Ontario Government has cut its way through the morass of inertia and red tape that has surrounded the immigration problem of Ottawa for so long...