Word: languish
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...more than Flynt's support for President Clinton; he must be eager to earn back some of the $4 million by selling the magazine to impeachment followers that simply cannot get enough. Hopefully, Flynt will earn back only a small piece of the pie and the "report" will languish on magazine racks instead of revitalizing Sexual McCarthyism. Crimson Linas M. Alsenas
...calling hotlines because they are run by students, by our peers. Are we more reluctant to turn to our peers for help an support? Who knows that the kid answering the phone isn't the very soul who is the root of your insecurities, answering hotlines while you languish in your room? Or maybe you know some students who staff the hotlines. Who wants to call them? They already know everyone you know, and who else would be driving you crazy? And why call peers if you have friends to talk...
...most inane displays of anti-gay prejudice, the Senate has refused to consider the nomination of James Hormel as ambassador to Luxembourg because he is gay and proud. Meanwhile, legislation that would protect gays and lesbians from being fired from their jobs because of their sexual orientation continues to languish in committee...
...When Ken Starr's 36 House guests arrived Wednesday, unannounced and two days early, their Republican hosts had an understandable reaction -- lock them in a room until all the beds get made. TIME political editor Priscilla Painton says that while the two 18-box sets of raw scandal data languish in that sealed room in the Ford office building, the report looks leakproof, and "the process by which House members decide what to do with it may be as important as what...
Even four years later, sporadic violence continues as the country struggles to rebuild itself; thousands languish in prisons, accused of complicity in the genocide; 12-year-old orphans suddenly become breadwinners and protectors for their surviving younger siblings...