Word: stagnantly
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...number report problems with alcohol abuse. An appalling 92 percent of homeless women have experienced some form of physical and/or sexual assault at some point in their lives. The homeless community is wildly skewed in the direction of blacks and Hispanics. And while the incomes of homeless individuals remain stagnant at a fraction of the poverty level, Cambridge housing costs continue to skyrocket—the average one-bedroom apartment rents for an astounding...
...upbeat “Loretta”), the bass sometimes drops out of the mix and the drums sound a little bit mechanic—the vocals are transcendent throughout. Case has a talented for shifting her highly recognizable vocal chops to match different feels; the record never feels stagnant, although I do wish it were slightly longer so that the musicians could stretch out a little more. There are far too many really atmospheric moments that never stretch past a few bars and far too many songs that don’t make it past the three minute mark...
...sings and dances through Schumacher's enormous, immaculately designed soundstages. In addition to the roof set, where stone gargoyles gaze down malevolently, there's the Phantom's Lair - a dark catacomb where the deformed genius composes on his grand piano to the steady accompaniment of water dripping into a stagnant, green pond. The space, illuminated by hundreds of candles, was so humid that Butler compares it to an enormous microwave. "I wear prosthetics on my face, which melt if it gets too hot," he says. "That takes five hours to put on, so if it gets too warm, the whole...
...number of women holding office in statehouses across the country is either stagnant or falling: Women held 27.6 percent of statewide elective office in 1999 and hold 26 percent as of 2002 according to research by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University. Their percentage of state legislative seats has barely budged in 10 years...
...Reopening the "home" front may be a timely strategic decision by Zawahiri and his followers, in the way that the Qaeda movement has done in Saudi Arabia. The long-term political weakness of Mubarak's autocracy, buffeted by the mounting demographic pressure of a stagnant economy unable to produce jobs for growing numbers of its youth, has been exacerbated by the Palestinian Intifada and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Even if they don't necessarily accept the Islamist charge that Mubarak is carrying water for Israel, many Egyptians perceive their government as unable to stand up to Israel...