Word: stagnant
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...they never become too preachy, too cliche, or too trite. And even though the band may present a harsh, discordant, and even at times bitter vision of life, they never resort to easy cynicism or nihilism. Thorough sheer commitment, and abrasive intensity this group might help to point the stagnant rock of the present in a direction that will become as rich and exciting as the punk movement from which it has broken away...
...latest offensive showed just how stagnant and how strenuous the evenly matched tug of war has become. Last August UNITA forces, reportedly supported by South African air strikes, captured the strategic town of Cangamba in southern Angola. During the following two months, SWAPO guerrillas swarmed through northern Namibia. Early last month Pretoria decided to strike back. In a memorable display of ill-timing, the South Africans chose to suggest terms for a trial disengagement in Angola on the same day that they had, according to Angola, killed dozens of civilians in a bombing attack. Their offer was turned down. Several...
...market is stagnant, the price of crude oil depressed...
...most glaring (and stagnant) examples of East/West confrontation in the world today can be found within the borders of two truly divided countries. Korea and Germany. The internal boundary of Germany doesn't look much different from the way it did in 1945. Korea's political divide wandered from one end of the country to the other during the Korean war, but now it rests roughly in the middle of the peninsula, more or less where it started after World WarII. Originally these two shattered countries had a third companion. The ongoing challenge for Western policy makers today...
...same wasteland set directs all attention to the actors, who usually cannot handle the responsibility. This is not entirely their fault: Sellars, whose theatrical forte is opera, directs them in a stagnant, grandiose style which quickly overdoes it, as in a knights' dance which starts amusingly and continues until it becomes embarrassing. In opera this may be acceptable: in theater it is frustrating and boring...