Word: moribundity
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...started because of injuries to the Quakers’ starter and backup. Penn running back Mike DiMaggio’s 1-yard plunge made it 17-7, and the rally was on. A quick three-and-out for the Crimson was followed by the longest play for the moribund Quakers offense all season, as Garton took a quarterback draw 63 yards for a touchdown, shriveling the lead to three in the space of 2:04.Harvard responded almost immediately with its most complete drive of the game, moving 67 yards in five plays and capping it off with a 2-yard...
...fast-changing Turkey, Atatürk's personality cult is slowly cracking, and the ructions are reverberating through the nation's political life. A new film about the legendary officer, who fought off occupying European powers to create modern Turkey from the remnants of a moribund Ottoman Empire, has stirred controversy by depicting Mustafa Kemal the man, not the icon. He is shown as a lonely figure, a heavy drinker and a failed husband, racked by doubts at the end of his life. The documentary uses original footage as well as re-enactments and is tellingly called Mustafa instead...
...zero in 1999 - where it stayed, with one brief interlude, until 2006. Despite the fact that lenders could essentially get free money from the government, Japanese banks were busy recapitalizing and paring down mountains of bad assets, and had little interest in doling out more loans in a moribund economy. The zero-rate policy did little to stimulate growth...
...Beyond that, they will need to work together to develop a plan for reviving the moribund economy and have a public debate on the unpopular war on terror. Pakistanis should not blindly follow America's lead, but they must recognize the self-delusional nature of claims that the struggle against militancy is not their fight. Last year alone more Pakistanis were killed in terrorist attacks than the number of Americans who died in 9/11...
...Words Power-sharing talks between President Robert Mugabe and his political rival Morgan Tsvangirai are in danger of breaking down completely almost four weeks after they began, sources inside the negotiations say. Tsvangirai's party has agreed to convene parliament in an attempt to revive Zimbabwe's moribund government but won't allow Mugabe to appoint a Cabinet until an agreement is reached. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands have fled the country to escape the economic crisis. More than 80% of the population is unemployed; 45% is malnourished. The inflation rate topped 11.2 million percent in June--by far the highest...