Word: languish
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...easy for both Harvard and Cambridge residents to languish in a standstill that does not help either community. An art museum could have created a lasting partnership between these sides, as well as served an important cultural role in the city we must share...
Pakistan adopted stoning when military dictator Zia ul-Haq introduced shari'a in 1979. While there are no confirmed cases of the punishment's being carried out, Pakistani women complain that rape victims are routinely charged with adultery, sentenced to death and then left to languish in jail. The penalty is newest in sub-Saharan Africa, where it has been introduced in Sudan and Somalia over the past decade, though in practice it is rarely used. In Nigeria, the introduction of shari'a is as much about politics as ideology. Worried that power was slipping to southern Christians, the northern...
...Rubin said the impoverished nations themselves should take some responsibility. He said countries with corrupt leaders will continue to “languish without foreign...
...Allston, reforming undergraduate education and strengthening the University’s focus on science—in order to energize and improve Harvard, Rubin will be a welcome ally. His trusted counsel, shrewd knowledge of politics and similar outlook will help to give force to initiatives which might otherwise languish in the face of bureaucratic opposition and inertia. Just as he did at the Treasury, Rubin will have to use his judgement to weigh Summers’ proposals on their own merits, not on the basis of their personal friendship. We have every expectation that he will...
...quite yet. The Senate put through its version of the bill last year, but now Democrats in that chamber must pass the House version so the bill isn't sent to conference, where it might languish. Senate Republicans will try to filibuster that vote, but majority leader Tom Daschle believes he has the 60 votes needed to end debate and get the bill to the White House by early next month. Chastened by the Enron scandal, George W. Bush is expected to sign it. He opposed the measure during his primary battle with McCain, but he would rather ride...