Word: inertia
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...unsuspecting guest this appears odd. Surely a country that has with such high success and low cunning preserved every quaint and tourist-attracting feature it posesses--regardless of intrinsic worth--would take especial care to do so in the case of its government. After all, is not "Inertia" the great rallying call of the British? What possibly could have induced Parliament to introduce such vast numbers of Americans into its musty domain...
...economic proposals to replace Deng's reforms while still retaining China's newfound prosperity in the countryside and some urban centers. In April, Deng suddenly unbalanced his opponents when he told visiting dignitaries that the greatest danger to China came not only from complete Westernization but also from "leftist inertia...
...letter from the physicist. Aikman, who was Eastern Europe bureau chief from 1977 to 1978, wrote an introduction to the text, focusing on its views of the arms race and on Gorbachev's push for reforms. "The struggle in the Soviet Union between the momentum for change and the inertia of privilege," says Aikman, "is one of the great political and intellectual dramas...
...first 20 minutes of most games, the women cagers had little problem grabbing a lead. But between halves, a cloud of inertia and inaccuracy would settle over them and defeat would soon follow...
...Soviet policymaking has grown rife with "conservative sentiments, inertia, a tendency to brush aside everything that does not fit into conventional patterns, and an unwillingness to come to grips with outstanding socioeconomic problems...