The outdated styles seem to reflect a deeper inertia among the exiles — an inability to move beyond the political and social mind-set of the Shah era.
The outdated styles seem to reflect a deeper inertia among the exiles an inability to move beyond the political and social mind-set of the Shah era.
Ms. Lingle deserves credit for creativity in trying to get noticed by voters in Hawaii, a state with abysmal voter turnout and deep election inertia.
But if Russia is a onetime superpower flailing about for solutions, the Japanese spectacle is one of deep-rooted inertia in the face of genuine crisis.
Second, its halting progress toward this goal, far slower than Pakistan's, relates not only to effective countermeasures (Stuxnet, dead scientists) but also to a deep-seated inertia and ambiguity; Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, is the "guardian of the revolution" and as such in a conservative business where he will be judged on the Islamic Republic's survival.
Among these are the blunting of the emotions, loss of curiosity, narrowing of ideas, poverty of speech, a diminution of social drive, and deep apathy or inertia.
The unwarranted expectation in some liberal circles that the elevation of Kerry at State and Chuck Hagel at Defense was going to be a game changer for Israel-Palestine were ignoring deep structural reasons for inertia, an inertia that has lasted for more than four decades.
All he has to contend with are a record peacetime deficit, powerful vested interests and deep-rooted cultural inertia.
Such is the dynamic, a mix of defensive inertia and deep yearning, that makes Mr. Dinelaris's characters run.
Stability in China can seem reassuringly deep, anchored by the inertia of an older generation worn out from decades of politically driven chaos and a younger generation transfixed by the promise of material gain.
The agreement was equally a victory for the United Nations, which spent four years overcoming political inertia and the deep divisions between rich and poor countries, to put together the ambitious deal.
