Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ancient times," says Rhyne, "disputes between individuals were settled by brute strength in a fight. We have now largely progressed to a point where such person-v. -person disputes are settled un der the rule of law in the courts. But the rule of the jungle still largely prevails as the ultimate decider of disputes between nations. We must now progress to the point where the rule of law is applied in the courts to the disputes of nation...
...Complain."In the 65 years since her birth in Bilbao, Spain, of Hungarian parents, short, snub-nosed Queen Mimi had seen great changes come over her people. "Once the gypsies were horse traders," she explained to reporters from her deathbed last week. "Progress has compelled them to deal in used autos. But one can't complain." From stateless, fortunetelling wanderers, the Cuirara tribe became prosperous, passport-carrying salesmen, who drive in style up and down Europe in search of fresh markets for their cars. Only two months ago, Queen Mimi and an entourage...
...basic inability to cope with the art's more fundamental and less romantic aspects, rather than to lack of capacity or imagination. The Adams House show, however, is encouraging in this respect. It reveals, more often than not, a concern with basic elements without which nothing is likely to progress...
...order to spark the progress of the Fund, "The Case for the College" will be rebroadcast Tuesday night at 9 p.m. over the N.B.C. network. Pratt estimated that approximately 150 stations all over the country would carry the show...
...addition to the Quincy project, the strike had halted progress on the Cambridge Electron Accelerator, the International Legal Studies Center, and the Harvard-Yenching Institute on Divinity...