Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tenth session. In their eagerness to declaim against colonialism and race discrimination, the Arab-Asians have not always bothered to be responsible, and Western delegates smolder at a nation like Yemen attempting to pass judgment on someone else's devotion to liberty and progress...
...Left. She began scolding and exhorting party workers with authority: "Progress calls for discipline, for a certain amount of regimentation." She praised Communist China ("The whole nation throbs with activity toward a single end-even infants are taught the benefits of collective life") and the example of Russia ("In Russia the party has impressed on people what it's doing for them. The sooner we do it, the better for us"). She seems to be considerably to the left of her father, who sometimes is capable of a searing skepticism about the Communist wonderlands...
...began to drive harder and break away more often in practice. Guard Pete Briggs was turning in consistently good line play. Hal Anderson had learned to play both tackle positions and could be depended upon as a utility lineman. Bob Hill, although still on the "B" team, was showing progress at guard. Captain Larry McCully was leading the huge forward wall with precision play...
Secrecy again cloaked varsity football practice, as the team readied for Saturday's game at New Haven. As in past years, workouts have been closed to the press and public all week. In a post-drill conference, however, Coach Lloyd Jordan told reporters that "We've made progress this week--we think. We've had some good practice sessions." He added that yesterday's drill consisted of signal drills on both offense and defense against the JVs working out of an Eli T-formation...
...that the mass-produced gas-turbine auto is still at least ten years away. One reason is that heat-resisting alloys needed for turbine engines are still far too short for mass production. But the biggest reason is the economics of the auto in dustry. The industry has to progress by evolution rather than revolution, since astronomical tooling costs must be written off over a long period of years. Automakers cannot scrap their present piston-engine equipment overnight any more than they could immediately scrap their old transmission equipment when the new automatic shifts came...