Word: moribundity
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...largest banks, respectively. They are vying to merge with UFJ Holdings, the sickest and smallest of the country's Big Four banks, in a bidding war that highlights the degree to which government reform and revived economic vibrancy have unleashed a fresh wave of market competition in this traditionally moribund industry. Many observers say the tussle may even be a harbinger of a rough-and-tumble style of capitalism that could spread across Japan's rebounding economy...
...confidence. "He believes in himself and he believes he can win, and maybe that will make others believe," a senior party organizer told TIME after the ballot. "He's a risk, but he is the only chance we've got." Support for the party, perceived by many Hungarians as moribund and rooted in its communist past, is at a low of 20%, compared to 45-50% for the opposition Fidesz party. Said one strategist: "If we don't change our image, we are finished." Still, Gyurcsany's first message has been one of continuity. To soothe markets and investors worried...
...concern helps account for a surge in enrollment in children's etiquette classes and is transforming the moribund manners trade. "I've been in this business for over 40 years, and I've never seen anything like the current hunger for this information," says Dorothea Johnson, who runs the Protocol School of Washington in the nation's capital. In the past three years, she says, the number of people signing up for her children's classes has quadrupled. But unlike the mini-finishing-school lessons of yore that dwelt on cutlery and curtsies, the curriculum nowadays stresses social skills...
...clashed about who should pay for the law's costly implementation: the federal government or the states. Schröder has set a deadline of June 17 to complete negotiations. Once those problems are solved, Germany's new welcome mat for immigrants could help kick-start the country's moribund economy...
...begun to worry in the months preceding the plan's endorsement by the White House that its implementation, would, in effect, hand Gaza over to Hamas. The radical Islamist movement today commands far greater political support and moral authority on the streets of Gaza today than does Arafat's moribund Palestinian Authority. Withdrawal from Gaza would leave the green and white flags of Hamas fluttering from the rooftops of the vacated settlements as thousands of supporters fired Kalashnikovs in to the air to celebrate their "victory" over the Israelis, while their leaders made speeches vowing to fight on in Gaza...