Word: moribundity
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Extracurricular interest in the graphic arts, which has been moribund since 1933, got a shot in the arm recently with the organization of the Harvard Art Association. Not since the esoteric Society for Contemporary Art died in the depths of the depression has the scene looked so hopeful for undergraduate brush wielders...
...hunted Victorian furniture in Chicago, dormitories, 20 guest houses and a sundeck were built, the ski slopes were cleared, a movie house, roller rink and art gallery were constructed. Paepcke imported a chef from Switzerland, a wine expert from Chicago. Ski instructors, plumbers and mechanics trooped in. Overnight, the moribund little town became the liveliest spot in Colorado...
...TIME'S apologies to Empire for a stupid error - by a moribund copy-reader...
...statement contained on page 95 in the issue of TIME of Dec. 2, in which you characterize the Empire Plow Co. as "moribund," was evidently made by you in reckless disregard of the truth. Because of the wide circulation of your magazine it will have a seriously injurious and damaging effect upon the business of the Empire Plow Co., which is one of the oldest and best established agricultural implement concerns in America, with a worldwide distribution of its products. . . . The business of the Empire Plow Co. is over 100 years old ... has [long] enjoyed the highest confidence and reputation...
...grown to a $10,000,000-a-month business. Tractors supply half this income, but towering (6 ft. 4 in.), fast-moving Ferguson president, Roger Martin Kyes (rhymes with skies), 40, does not seem worried. Harvardman Kyes introduced himself to farm equipment in 1932 at Cleveland's moribund Empire Plow Co., joined Ferguson's in 1940. He has run the company so smartly that Harry Ferguson now spends most of his time in England, overseeing plants there. President Kyes feels that "we could make money next year if we didn't sell a single tractor...