Word: moribundity
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...Netanyahu looks as if he may emerge from the scandal, U.S. officials are worried that his escape from indictment will make him even more dependent on the right-wing supporters who stood by him, making any negotiations with the Palestinians extremely difficult. All of which should put the already-moribund peace process, along with most of the business of Israeli government, on hold for quite a while...
These two distinguished journalists, former colleagues and Moscow hands at the Washington Post (Remnick is now at the New Yorker), have taken dozens of such scenes from their notebooks to produce two very different but complementary books. They depict Russia's course as it stumbled and slid from a moribund Brezhnev to a self-promoting Kryuchkov--and possibly a moribund Boris Yeltsin. Dobbs' report, Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire (Knopf; 502 pages; $30), carries the still astonishing story of the fall of communism, from the rise of Solidarity in Poland in 1980 to the collapse...
...their fight to win back public trust, both Kenyon and Jackson have shaken up their moribund organizations. Many of the senior Northeast and NRC officials identified in the original TIME story have either retired or been forced to resign. This spring, as the Justice Department concludes an investigation into alleged criminal misconduct by Northeast--illegal operation of Millstone 1, violation of environmental laws--indictments are possible and more departures likely. The NRC has become a more aggressive regulator, displaying new teeth in January when it added eight plants to its "watch list" of problem reactors, a move the industry protested...
...time the boy was born, in 1904, the empire was moribund, preyed upon by the very foreigners it despised. But the boy was remembered not just because he was a good student like his ancestor but because he liked to turn somersaults. He would roll out of his family compound, into footpaths and away into the countryside and then back home again, turning and turning and turning. And his life would be one of many somersaults: away from home, never to return, over the seas, into politics, into war, in and out of danger, in and out of power...
...will damage East/West relations." Nelan says that reforms of Russia's broken tax system and International Monetary Fund loans will also be high on the agenda. The U.S. has been a supporter of international aid to Russia, and offers support for U.S. companies exporting there. But with Russia's moribund economy, high crime and virtually no enforcement of business contracts, fiscal and judicial reform are vital to securing greater foreign investment. Just as important is Western confidence in Yeltsin's ability to lead, and Helsinki will offer him a chance to prove his resilience...