Word: languish
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...have to. By 1995 about 40% of the U.S.'s 108,000 tenured faculty will reach retirement age. But replacement talent is not coming along. Despite the sweeteners for key players, a survey in 1986 indicated that only .3% of freshmen plan academic careers -- in which starting salaries still languish around...
...most mentally ill people, who suffer to a lesser degree, are just as needy of aid as those on the street. Just as bright and talented as the non-mentally ill, their contribution to society is stymied by their illness. College educated mentally ill languish in their destructive thoughts--not working, not getting out of the house, not really living...
Although this particular aspect of the Walsh Plan is reasonable, rent control supporters--led by City Councilor David E. Sullivan--generally prefer the existing Cambridge controls. In the meantime, 2,500 citizens languish on the Cambridge public housing waiting lists that date until 1992; professionals seeking absurdly cheap apartments offer "finders" up to $1000 for information leading to the discovery of a below market-rate unit; and libertarian philosopher Robert Nozick rented a 2500 square foot apartment--complete with jacuzzi, sauna, and balcony--that was nonetheless subject to rent control restrictions...
...talk. It is a stunning San Francisco dawn, and Lawson has rejected an invitation to breakfast. "I do not like to do two pleasurable things at once, converse and eat. I find one gets in the way of the other. We'll find someplace outdoors to languish." In moments he secures a public bench not far from Union Square, and occupies it with a self- assurance that all but says aloud, "I am a taxpayer. This is mine...
...best chance of passing Congress this year are the ones involving plant closings, minimum wages and high-risk notification. This week the House is expected to vote on, and is likely to approve, the double-breasting legislation. The issues of mandated health care and parental leave will probably languish until next year. Labor does not expect to win every battle and realizes that some laws may have to be passed by overriding a presidential veto. But the pro-worker lobby is pushing to get as much as it can as fast as it can. After all, 1988 is an election...