Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Princeton based its case on Rockefeller's achievements in state legislature and his commitment to the rights of the individual. "He has made major strides forward in civil rights, labor relations, aid to education, and low income housing," said Smiley...
Indeed, the nation has taken huge strides forward since the '30s. Franklin Roosevelt's "one-third of a nation" is now closer to one-seventh of a nation; many who are considered "ill-housed, ill-clad and ill-nourished" by today's standards would not have been considered too badly off a generation ago. According to a Government report released by the President last week, the number of Negro families earning less than $3,000 has been halved, to 32%, in the past two decades, and fully 45% earn over $5,000 a year...
...economic reforms move forward, Russian life is undergoing the greatest degree of liberalization since the revolution's early days. There is increasing freedom of speech and opinion-though in a much smaller amount than in the West...
...history moves at a pace that demands quick and imaginative solutions, the Soviet Union may be in for trouble. For one thing, committee rule rarely produces a set of clear principles. For another, the collegial leaders find it difficult to move forward resolutely when they must continually look over their shoulders. The regime seems to have postponed a lot of tough decisions until after the anniversary celebrations, including the promulgation of a new Soviet constitution (the third since the revolution) and the ratification of a new five-year economic plan. Some Sovietologists feel that the stresses and strains within...
...Their growing following is symptomatic of the stirrings within the realm that 19th century English Clergyman-Critic Sydney Smith dismissed contemptuously as "that garret of the earth, that knuckle-end of England, that land of Calvin, oat-cakes and sulphur." After dour decades of stagnation, the Scots are surging forward with a new spirit...