Operators say Mr. Connolly has done little more than create a morass of paperwork and his department is too short-staffed to keep up with the inspections and processing that must be done.
The choice of track sets up Savage's conceit that 1966 was a year in which there was little solid ground, with the twin clouds of Vietnam and the threat of nuclear war creating "a morass of fear, confusion, resignation, hopelessness and anger".
A diplomat said the department in recent years had ordered a halt to nightly office-by-office security checks by marines -- a training maneuver for marines bound for overseas posts -- because they turned up so many violations, creating a morass of paperwork.
The bottom line is that Specter's bail maneuver created a legal morass that generated years of court decisions, civil lawsuits, Legislative actions in the Pennsylvania assembly, 2 convictions, and an international incident with the French Parliament.
The island could, of course, simply stop paying its debts, but that would create a legal morass that could take years to resolve, and would also, presumably, cut it off from further borrowing.
The law which hasn't changed much in 40 years—has drawn persistent criticism from both industry and environmentalists for creating a bureaucratic morass.
The housing market morass has created a new class of real estate investors: the accidental landlords.
What has helped create such a morass and waste in that detention system is the combination of widespread fear and animosity toward the surge of illegal immigrants, particularly in the last decade.
The concatenation of factors feeding into the Syrian morass, from meddling foreign powers to sectarian and class schisms, have created a perfect storm that may only be tamed by consuming itself.Which leaves only those small consolations.
