Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...long-range decline of the whooping crane can be traced to progress and the ensuing process of swamp drainage. A more recent short run problem has been the happy hunter who blasts away and, to his later regret, destroys one or more Grus americana. The most immediate problem facing the whooping crane is unfolding at the Audubon Park Zoo in New Orleans, where Josephine, a splendid female whooper, has just laid two eggs (referred to as a "clutch"). Since breeding wild in west-central Canada is a slow and dubious process at best, zoo breeding is a major hope...
With the wariness of a man accepting a cigar from a notorious practical joker, the White House noted that the letter "seems" to accept the U.S. position on the need for joint technical studies as a possible "basis for progress toward agreement on disarmament." Added Secretary of State Dulles, who has seen many a Red cigar explode: "We don't get optimistic quickly about these matters, but at least there is some progress...
...Democratic militants into cells of three people each (one woman, one young man, one cell chief). Student organizations, trade-union groups, para-religious organizations of the Roman Catholic faithful knocked on doors, organized dances, showed documentary films depicting De Gasperi's life, the Hungarian revolt, and the economic progress made under Christian Democratic rule...
...middle-aged Russian "student" editors of USSR youth publications eagerly emphasized their country's progress at a press conference in Winthrop House yesterday. But they neatly side-stepped all questions about Khruschev and his policies...
...quilt-covered Steinway practicing the staggering repertory each entrant was expected to master. Plagued with colitis, he dutifully went in for dieting and rigorous physical conditioning, boosted his strength with massive doses of vitamins and six packages of Knox gelatin a day. Sundays he checked his progress with Mme. Lhevinne, or gave small private recitals for groups of friends. When he left for Moscow, his phone bill was unpaid and his Columbia Artists contract was running out, with no talk of a renewal...