Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Satisfying as it is to Saigon to know that Ho has problems remarkably akin to South Viet Nam's own, Western analysts are more intrigued by a spate of recent Red articles and broadcasts dealing with the progress of the war. The conflict has gone progressively worse for the Communists ever since the U.S. arrived in force last year. Only now does Hanoi seem to be groping for a new theology to sustain the Viet Cong in the face of continued reverses...
...Havilland plane that Chichester had once piloted around the Pacific, the slender-beamed Gipsy Moth was outfitted for comfort. In his quarters were a galley designed by his wife, a red upholstered chair with a safety belt and a radio transmitter by which to report his weekly progress to two London newspapers...
...instance, to edit a lengthy manuscript and to check and recheck the galley proofs for printer's errors. A book must wait its turn at hard-pressed printing plants, like Kingsport Press in Tennessee, one of the largest in the U.S. The sheer bulk of books retards their progress; jobbers have only so much storage, and can be poky about emptying their warehouses to make room for new consignments. To meet some topical demand, however, a paperback
...well as their girl classmates, even though their hand muscles are less developed. "I don't see any reason to insist that boys write just as nicely as little girls," says Edward Feeney, supervisor of elementary schools in Prince Georges County, Md. Teachers also expect boys to progress at the same pace. "Why shouldn't boys take longer to go through the elementary school?" asks Elizabeth Wilson, a Montgomery County, Md., curriculum director. "Why should it be a disgrace...
...Principal's experts, Thomas B. Lyles, principal of Virginia's Wakefield Forest Elementary School, contends that his teachers have seen their students progress faster and enjoy school more when boys and girls were placed in separate classes. Most others hold that early acquaintance with the opposite sex in class is of more value than the solution of problems involved in the sex differences. Nearly everyone agrees that there is a great need for more men in elementary school teaching, but they see little hope of attracting more. The obstacle is a matter of confusion over the roles...