Word: languishes
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...Applicants’ disappointment is entirely reasonable. They spent the time and money compiling a compelling application, never thinking that it might be doomed to languish, unread and in pieces, in a Harvard bureaucrat’s shredder. That sucks...
...Committee at the time, “By allowing Beijing to hold the Games, you will help the development of human rights.” But China’s words have not translated into action. Its people lack basic freedoms; thousands of reporters, political prisoners, and religious minorities languish in its jails and labor camps. Amnesty International estimates that China executes more people each year than the rest of the world combined. The government’s preparations for the Olympics have placed great hardship on the Chinese people, as over 400,000 people have been evicted from their...
...partner—be it a company or a group of investors—who are interested in undertaking further development, we need to reach a further stage which we call the ‘Kitty Hawk’ point.” According to Kohlberg, marketable technologies often languish in the lab for lack of research funds. “We don’t want these technologies to end up in Death Valley,” Kohlberg said. The Accelerator Fund was launched last year with $6 million in donations that came primarily from alumni...
...east and west ends of the country - an acrimonious ethnic divide. But rogue militias are still around, and the police are still drawn mainly from just the west side. Moreover, unemployment is rising ever higher, the judiciary remains weak, and thousands of refugees who fled past fighting continue to languish in makeshift camps nationwide - a tinderbox waiting to explode...
Certainly not all suddenly single spouses are fated to languish this way--no more than all people who never pair off are destined for a shortened life filled with illness and stress. Humans are socially resourceful creatures who build and rebuild networks of relationships, getting the attention, hand-holding and even scolding they need in a lot of different ways. Still, it's hard to argue with an institution that keeps a companion and caretaker constantly nearby, even if now and again--when a wet towel has once again been dropped on the floor or a tube of toothpaste...