Word: stagnant
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...flapping of their wings stirred up the stagnant time inside, and at dawn on Monday the city awoke out of its lethargy of centuries with the warm soft breeze of a great man dead and rotting grandeur...
...interest in social change. Jewett says the tenor of the applications he has been receiving worries him somewhat, because he fears that unless college students (he believes Harvard applicants generally reflect the attitudes of the rest of the nation) become more motivated to social action, the nation will be stagnant in a few years, when these students become a politically apathetic group of adults...
...European statesman. Despite international mutterings of "Iron Chancellor" and the "Germany of old," Schmidt has not hesitated to use German economic muscle to safeguard German interests. He has warned the European Economic Community that Germany would no longer provide open ended funds to subsidize poorly conceived Community projects or stagnant, obsolete economic sectors of other countries. "Germany," according to Schmidt, "will no longer be the 'milch cow' of the Community." Further, Schmidt has made it clear to the Italian government that Germany would end all further economic aid to Italy if the Communists were allowed to come into the government...
...river was only about 18 in. deep. When storm clouds began building up in the late afternoon of July 31, no one was very worried. Such clouds are normally dispersed by strong 30-to-40-m.p.h. winds blowing easterly across the Rockies. But this time, a nearly stagnant cold front lay over the peaks. As the dark clouds rose over a cul-de-sac at Estes Park, far up in the canyon, they collided with the mass of cold air. The cooling vapor began to condense into drops. At 6 p.m. it began to rain on the high eastern slopes...
...action cut right through the old and stagnant debate between the Administration and congressional liberals over the decontrol of interstate gas. Indeed, immediately after the decision was announced, a coalition composed of consumer groups, labor unions, anti-industry lobbies and the state of Minnesota charged in federal court that the commission had usurped congressional authority by de facto removing price controls on gas. The court issued a temporary stay of the FPC'S order, and lengthy litigation is certain. The delay is good news for consumers, no matter who wins the case: each day of postponement saves gas users...