Word: morass
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...things put in the balance--a sense of guilt for leaving a morass of schoolwork unfinished, on the one hand; a single-minded psychotic unwillingness to remain one more second in Cambridge on the other--I welcomed the opportunity to rise before dawn on Friday, the 8th of January, to begin the long journey to San Francisco. Because one is flying west against the predominant winds and counter to the rotation of the earth, departure must be delayed, the inflight food is half-charred-half-frozen, and you gain three hours on landing. Probably an astrophsyicist could figure this...
Aquino's power and unwilling to give up the political clout it had gained under Marcos. The mutiny's chief blow, however, was struck at the President's almost blind faith that the democratic institutions she had restored would lead the country out of its economic and political morass. The relative serenity of her first few months in power was, after Honasan's coup attempt, reinterpreted as weakness...
...debt debacle could hardly come at a worse time for Pyongyang. Reports filtering back from visiting academics and investment experts depict a country mired in an economic morass. Although precise numbers are hard to obtain, the per capita gross national product for the nation's 20 million people is believed to be $900, far less than South Korea's $2,274. The North's GNP rose last year by 1% to 4%, to about $20 billion, compared with a 12.5% increase, to about $95 billion, in the South. While South Korea pumps out Hyundai * automobiles and Daewoo computer equipment, some...
...today the Wolf family, like its adopted city, is in an advanced state of decline. Along with thousands of other families in dying inner cities, the Wolfs have become mired in a morass of welfare, crime and self-destruction. In a generation, they have descended from proud working class to demoralized underclass. Nine of the 13 children have never held a meaningful job, nor do they care to. Only one of the boys finished high school. Two of the girls became teenage mothers and live on welfare. One of the girls lived a fast life that came to a crashing...
...exodus of the black middle class from the inner city compounds the agony of those left behind. The victims range from a Newark family trapped in a morass of crime and self- destruction to a would- be model in Los Angeles slain by random gang violence. -- Reagan, both apologetic and defiant, tries toregain command. -- The fight over the Bork nomination heats...