Word: moribundity
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...party, to be sure, is far from moribund. Some 43% of all voters still call themselves Democrats, only 30% Republicans and 27% independents. The Democrats have a majority in the House and hold 35 of 50 governorships. But to recapture the presidency and to control the national debate, the party will have to appeal to the middle class, particularly the so-called Yuppies, the baby-boom generation. This requires a more hardheaded approach to economic problems, which in turn risks alienating the party's traditional supporters. "Defining the role of Government is the central philosophical dilemma Democrats have...
...been bitterly unhappy since Julia's remarriage." Waynesboro's genteel bigots are scarcely more compelling. Germans are "hucksters" and the Irish "pa pists." The enduring central themes of Ladies are the passage of years and the sense of moribund small-town life. These the author conveys effectively, if windily, as she regards time as "an accordion, all the air squeezed out of it as you grew...
...tell you what I got to hold: samples from a toxic-waste dump." Voters in California chuckled; many in New Jersey smoldered. The blunder undercut Hart's best pitch: that New Jersey epitomizes the future he envisions, a state successfully making the transition from moribund heavy industry to high-tech growth...
After ten months in orbit, however, Solar Max blew three critical fuses. The failure impaired its ability to keep properly turned toward the sun, left it wobbling like a top, and triggered breakdowns in its battery of instruments. The $325 million Solar Max program seemed moribund...
Gemayel's chief military opponents, Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt and Nabih Berri, the head of the Shi'ite Amal militia, plan to seek a new electoral system for Lebanon's moribund 99-member parliament, involving nationwide proportional representation. If accepted, the arrangement would strongly favor the country's Muslims, who make up 50% to 60% of the Lebanese population. In addition, Jumblatt and Berri are determined to end the longstanding Christian Maronite domination of the upper reaches of the Lebanese civil service and army...