Word: languishment
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...important promises. Many conservation areas and national parks exist only on paper. Cattle ranchers, farmers and miners continue to burn, bulldoze and poison the forests. Brazilian environmental agencies still lack the staff and equipment they need to protect endangered flora and fauna. Foreign funds dedicated to Brazilian conservation efforts languish unused because the Collor government, plagued by corruption and staff turnover, has failed to develop projects that would make use of the money...
Kiernan criticized the media for letting military coverage languish since Vietnam by eliminating correspondents specifically assigned to military maneuverings...
...have come to a point in our history where ideas may languish because of overzealous political punditry. People feel that elections are decided in advance by political consultants and media commentators. Indeed, as the drama, is played out--in a series of out-takes and sound-bites--these commentators have a vested, professional interest in making sure the outcome coincides with their predictions...
About 55,000 Vietnamese boat people languish in Hong Kong detention camps, and as hopes dwindle that they will ever be classified as legitimate refugees, more and more are "volunteering" to go home. But frustration and bitterness have been building for months...
Asian-Americans, by contrast, languish in a never-ending identity crisis, both individually and collectively. We suffer from a conspicuous lack of role models and political causes, rallying points and shared symbols. In short, we lack a public life...