inertia

• It is between two kinds of deficits -- a chronic deficit of inertia, as the unwanted result of result of inadequate revenues and a restricted economy -- or a temporary deficit of transition, resulting from a tax cut designed to boost the economy, produce revenues, and achieve a future budget surplus. —  The American Spectator
• It is thought that inertia -- the physics theory stating that matter retains its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force -- will cause the cable to stay stretched taut, allowing the elevator to sit in geostationary orbit. —  News4Jax.com - Local News
• Schwabe cycle, energy balance short term inertia, oceanic thermal inertia, etc. —  RealClimate
• The oceanic thermal inertia, the additional CO2 forcing and CO2 atmospheric lifetime and absorption rates in the ocean probably have a lot to do with framing the argument in a way it makes sense and models well. —  RealClimate
• It's as if the state structures set in place to further the egalitarian agenda are carried along by nothing but their own inertia, and that those involved are going along for the ride for the simple reason that as yet they can't hitch a lift on anything else. —  The British National Party

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