Word: gradualism
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...Slaves at Large’: Slavery and the Emancipation Process in the U.S.” Hahn, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, suggested that the divide between North and South was not as distinct as historians portray it, and that emancipation was a longer and more gradual process. Hahn emphasized the importance of looking at the Civil War period with this fresh point of view, in order to explore ideas usually overlooked. For example, rather than looking at the Northern emancipation and the Southern emancipation as distinct phases, they should be seen as one long, connected process...
...Turkey's membership, which is directly at odds with what Washington wants. Nor would Bush have much time for Sarko's complaints about the disparities in the dollar-euro exchange rate. Instead, expect the two men to emphasize their agreement (hardly new) on fighting the good fight in Afghanistan, gradual French reintegration within NATO, and doing something about thuggery in Darfur and Burma...
...Strecker explained.Because of its early date in the season, the Head of the Charles is not a proper indicator of the spring season to come, as more practice and more races yield quite a different squad after a long cold winter of training inside. What also brings about a gradual refinement of the team dynamic is the annual graduation of a senior class and the influx of a new freshman class. These changes have profound effects on a team in a sport with such a communal nature, as boats change annually with the departure of some oarswomen and the arrival...
Overall, The National hit all the right notes on Saturday night. Almost every song builtslowly, driven along by catchy rhythm and the gradual escalation of Berninger’s mournful singing. Attention to melody, faithfulness to studio style, and moderate portions of unleashed rocking-out can only bode well for an eager reception in Europe this fall, and for the continual coalescence of support back home...
...tour where they played regularly before 8,000 to 10,000 fans. Ratt lead singer Pearcy says he noticed an emerging younger fan base of teenagers and twenty-somethings who were born years after Ratt multi-platinum Out of the Cellar album released in 1984. "It has been a gradual buildup again. It's rock and roll - colorful, dangerous, exciting," Pearcy said...