Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Transsexuals indeed! Is there one among us who has not felt at one time or another that those of the opposite sex "have it made"? We cannot, however, solve our emotional problems by allowing ourselves to be turned into freaks. I'm all for medical progress, but this barbaric procedure should be stopped...
...case of the schools, the Gov ernment for a long time accepted local assurances of desegregation, only this year began asking evidence of "substantial progress." Even then, it was content merely to defer aid to transgressors; but when Southern Congress men blocked that option by getting legislation passed limiting deferments to 60 days, the Government had no choice but to push for outright fund cutoffs...
...tries to relate physics to the interests of its non-scientific audience. It is an experiment. As with any other experiment, Holton, who will not take over the teaching until next semester, does not like to talk about its progress. "You know, with an experiment you keep the door closed until it's over and you can come out," he smiles wryly...
This project, too, is an experiment; as with his gen ed course, Holton is reluctant to issue mid-term progress reports. "We always want to leave open the option to say, at the end, that we failed," he says. "But I think we're on the right track." The new course, he says, tries to focus on "the basic and beautiful ideas of physics, to show why anybody -- I mean everybody -- should take them seriously...
...yard freestyle, Dick Smith continued his rapid progress by edging out two Navy swimmers...