Word: gradualism
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...With the gradual recognition that participation in the Olympics does not provide an effective opportunity for political expression, nations bent on political manipulation of the Games have recently taken the opposite tack staying away are left particularly satisfied...
...democracy in 20 years. Four opposition parties, capitalizing on the popular discontent with the military government, lobbied hard for the amendment, which would provide for direct election of the next President. The government has resisted, however, trying to hold on to power as long as possible. They prefer a gradual return to civilian rule, after President João Figueiredo steps down next year...
Smith's departure will begin a gradual decentralization and expansion of the K-School's student job placement program, which he now runs. Under the new scheme, he faculty will have more input into career placement, which will help provide a better system of "networking" and ultimately increase job prospects, Smith said yesterday...
...clubs are sexist by historical tradition, not by intentional malice--just as Harvard was a few years ago. Harvard has gradually been moving to the ideal of equality from men and women, and it is this example that must be followed. Final clubs do not admit women and therefore, by definition, are sexist, a gradual integration of women into the clubs is a good and necessary thing. However, now is not the time for those pseudo-idealists who profess a fundamental "opposition" to all the world's evils, to jump on the Pi Ett condemnation bandwagon in order to "expose...
...contrast, the effect of such policies will be the stifling of creativity and the gradual growth of a government unaccountable to its people. As the traditional bastions of free and uninhibited debate in society, universities can not even give the appearance of accepting restrictions on their research. Instead they must fight the trend--loudly and openly. If universities begin to cave in on the principle, other institutions in society surely cannot be far behind...