Word: stagnant
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...halftime on Saturday, Harvard Coach Tim Murphy felt something needed to change. The offense had remained stagnant for yet another game. Junior quarterback Rich Linden had completed a mere five passes on 10 attempts for 50 yards. The score was tied...
There are times when these two conceptions might be united under a common cause. But the consensus is that these paradigms are inherently irreconcilable. Consequentially, discourse about the council has become polarized and alarmingly stagnant...
There is an immediacy of action in the intimate space of the Peabody black box. Even in October the air is warm, stagnant and smells of cedar. Lighting director Mara Fishman conjures up the shadow of a slow-turning fan that cuts the oppressive heat of the show's Memphis setting. Albee intertwines two seemingly unrelated plots: One plot perceives a hospital staff as microcosmic to the discussion of racism; the other tells the story of the singer Bessie Smith. The two collide only in the end, when Bessie's companion Jack crashes and Bessie dies. Her death...
Menick, who led the Crimson in rushing last season with a school-record 1,267 yards, is probable for Saturday, and his anticipated return should provide a shot in the arm to the stagnant Crimson offense...
Ballmer will have plenty of other matters on his screen, however. Personal computer sales are on a downward trend, and the home and small-office/home-office markets, both hailed as the next wave in computing, are stagnant. In addition, that wild and wacky Internet, with its open standards, could potentially topple Microsoft's apple cart, eliminating the need for a Microsoft OS on every desktop...