Word: moribundity
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...ironies of suffering a national tragedy on the scale of Rwanda's is that once the crisis is off the front pages of the world's newspapers, the emergency-relief money stops flowing--precisely when the country needs ever larger foreign contributions to restart a moribund society. Particularly hard hit has been Rwanda's medical establishment, which is grappling with some of the most pressing public-health issues on the planet. At least 11% of the population is HIV positive. Malaria, cholera and other diseases are rampant and periodically spike to epidemic levels. Malnutrition is a chronic problem here...
Although Obuchi himself was a longtime party insider who made few significant reforms during his time as prime minister, he had established relationships with other G-8 leaders and a strong interest in improving the currently moribund Japanese economy. In the upcoming months, Japan faces major events such as hosting the G-8 conference and popular elections. Whether Mori will be able to establish himself as a leader while managing this important conference is still to be seen...
...Stratis took a moribund institution and turned into a lively thing," said Bill Corbett, a poet and teacher at MIT. "He has always represented the whole...
TIME's economists were unanimous, however, in arguing that the pressures of the present should not divert attention from the big challenge of the future: aging populations that can't expect adequate support in retirement from moribund social-security systems. If anything, businesses, tax regimes and pension schemes need to change faster to meet those burdens...
...indication that an era of movie-making had ended, and that the artistic future of cinema would hold no place for the lengthy and sweeping sagas that culminated with the behemoth of Titanic. But Paul Thomas Anderson knew better. His brilliant Magnolia resurrects the epic from its wasted and moribund form and, in David Bowie-like fashion, makes it new and meaningful again...