Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Speaking in a soft voice and clearly directing himself to Kosygin?who was watching the President on television and getting a running translation?Johnson said: "We think we have made great progress in improving the arena of common action with the Soviet Union. Our purpose is to narrow our differences?where they can be narrowed?and thus to help secure peace in the world for future generations." In a less charitable aside to the Communists, Johnson proposed that all Middle East nations report new weapons shipments into the region. "Now the waste and futility of the arms race," said Johnson...
...Moscow it was a necessary exercise, both in terms of the immediate question of the Soviet future in the Middle East and the larger one of its standing vis-à-vis the U.S. in this 50th anniversary year of the Bolshevik Revolution. While the Soviets have been making progress domestically in economic development, they have had little to celebrate in their conduct of foreign affairs for the past 20 years...
...over the millennia, in much the same way that man climbed physically up from the primordial slime. The stages in this intellectual growth were clearly identified: the Old Stone Age, the New Stone Age, the Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages. Savage cultures unaccountably stranded well along the path of progress were conveniently classified as civilization's simple-minded dropouts, lingering and isolated echoes from mankind's distant past...
...Pogroms. Much the same kind of progress was made in the captured Jordanian territory, where Brigadier General Chaim Herzog ruled as military governor from the office that King Hussein had used when he visited Old Jerusalem. Uniformed Jordanian police went back on duty, and the water and electricity systems opened up again. The U.N. agreed to resume the feeding, housing, education and medical care of some 400,000 Palestinian refugees in the area...
Recognizing that Bulova is necessarily an international-minded company-most of its watch movements are assembled in Switzerland-Henshel is particularly eager to expand its overseas markets. Though 80% of the company's sales are still in the U.S., some progress has been made: Bulova is now selling watches in 89 countries, compared with 19 in 1961. Even so, the U.S. remains its most promising market. During the current June graduation season, Bulova expects to capture as much as 30% of gift watch sales, which could soar to $100 million...