Word: listless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Begin himself seemed strangely detached, almost as though he were observing his government's disintegration as a spectator. Reflecting on his listless response to the most important political crisis of his career, an Israeli academic noted: "I've watched three or four Prime Ministers in their decline. Begin used to be a superb parliamentarian and a very effective speaker. The situation today is a very pathetic business." One possible factor was Begin's questionable health. Over the past four years, he has suffered two heart attacks and a stroke, and he is under the constant supervision...
Worse for coach Billy Cleary and his charges, Friday's defensive collapse--in which Cornell poured in five consecutive markers on the way to an 8-5 romp--and Saturday's listless 3-2 loss to Princeton, occurred on home ice. With a five-game road trip looming at the end of the schedule, it's now or never for Harvard to make a bid to get back in contention...
...nine months, the sputtering civil war in the Central African nation of Chad had been conducted with little enthusiasm. The two brigade-size guerrilla groups-one led by President Goukouni Oueddei, the other by insurgent Defense Minister Hissène Habré-had reached a virtual stalemate in their listless battle for control of the impoverished, landlocked country of 4.5 million. Fighting mainly over the capital of N'Djamena on the Chari River, the two miniarmies regularly exchanged artillery duels, and then, just as regularly, stopped shooting for lunch, tea and dinner breaks...
...tracked long distances on the soles of shoes or by other means. The disease does not affect humans, but sniffing dogs can pick up the virus by ingesting less than one-thousandth of a gram of fecal material. Five to ten days after exposure, the dogs may become listless, then vomit and develop bloody diarrhea; they also lose their appetite. If the animal becomes dehydrated, it may die unless treated...
...life and Government. Basically, the Democrats support an activist, interventionist Government, while the Republicans want to reduce the federal presence. Declares the G.O.P.: "Government's power to take and tax, to regulate and require, has already reached extravagant proportions. Divided, leaderless, unseeing, uncomprehending, Democratic politicians plod on with listless offerings of pale imitations of the same policies they have pursued so long, knowing full well their futility...