Word: languish
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...long can a practice languish in obsolescence and still be called a tradition? If anything, Harvard has proven itself actively hostile to the notion of a Game-inspired festival of self-celebration, a surprising counterpoint to the self-obsessed character many ascribe to our student body. Whether this sorry record is fuelled by a collective lack of interest in football or a collective inability to become excited, it must mean something...
...Burma's ruling brass still appears spooked by the power of the people. "Burma's leaders are clearing the decks of political activists," says Pearson, "before they announce the next round of sham political reforms." Overall, one Burmese exile group based in Thailand estimates that 2,120 Burmese now languish in jail for their political activism, nearly double the number who were in prison before last year's anti-government demonstrations...
...based extracurricular opportunities with the appropriate resources will serve to both increase the presence of math as something useful and non-threatening and provide some a more social outlet to counter stereotypes of math’s “nerdiness.” For too long, mathematics has languished in academic and social disrepute among elementary and high schools students. Changing the social perception of math is integral to its revival as a culturally valued subject. Janet E. Mertz, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, laments the social stereotyping in math: “Kids in high school...
Sometimes you're accused of being a sellout, like they expect you to languish in obscurity forever just for them. That's unreasonable. The people who do get angry at you for going off and doing a Hollywood film, it's like you've betrayed them. I don't even know who "they...
...closely mirror those at Harvard, but many are unique to MIT. Some are taught in fields Harvard students have been advocating for years to be included at Harvard, yet presumably some of these same students won’t travel down the street to follow their interests. Almost all languish as missed opportunities for Harvard students. Except, of course, for accounting...