Word: gradual
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...been no steady climb, no gradual evolution. The Crimson has moved in spurts, seeing five coaches in a decade, with only the last one achieving what the others sought. There was the brilliant 1973 season, with a 16th place finish in the NCAA s; there was the 1974 NCAA fiasco, when Harvard was disqualified for an entry card foul...
...There is no mystery. The American penal system is traditionally unresponsive. Prisoners' grievances often go ignored until some act of violence, or even death, results. For example, overcrowding, one of the constantly reappearing ingredients that lead to violence, does not develop overnight, but is a gradual process...
...cognizance of the realities of our country-the history, traditions and particular circumstances in which we find ourselves. The country is based on free enterprise and is therefore capitalistic. We have to accept that we will not bring about an immediate disruption of the economy; we can work in gradual phases until we get to our goal. In the civil service, of course, racialism will have to go. But it would be a very foolish man who would immediately take over and overthrow the system...
...intelligence are everywhere in evidence. British Director Michael Apted (Agatha) captures both the poverty and pride of the young Loretta's Appalachian homestead without resorting to Hollywood sentimentality or glamorization. Tom Rickman's script uses intimate, telling details as it enthusiastically describes the heroine's gradual transformation from 13-year-old hillbilly bride to Nashville superstar. The cast, especially Sissy Spacek as Lynn -the best role of her career -is always winning...
...Moede of Princeton, N.J., the COCU general secretary, the separate denominations will ratify a polished-up version of the pacts on doctrine and ministries by 1986, then formally recognize one another's members and clergy by the end of the decade. Those steps may be followed by gradual amalgamation of the churches and their multifarious agencies, which Moede thinks might take 40 years...