stagnation
Definitions of stagnation
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a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)type of:inactivitéthe state of being inactive
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
Imprisoned in April, 1963 for protesting segregation, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote this letter to affirm that nonviolent civil disobedience was essential to achieving the goals of the Civil Rights Movement. Read the full text of the letter here.
President Trump's First State of The Union Address (2018)
President Trump delivered his first State of the Union Address on January 30, 2018, broadly outlining his agenda for the coming year on matters both foreign and domestic. Here are 20 vocabulary words drawn from the President's speech. The full transcript of the speech can be found here.
