Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...great gains in a relatively short time, and that he now would do better to stop agitating and consolidate what he has won. At the same time, much of the new black militancy is a result of frustration over what many Negroes consider their snail's pace of progress. Beneath the passion and the rhetoric, these two opposing views pose a root question about the state of the Negro in the U.S. today: just what advances have-and have not-been made by the nation's 21 million Negroes...
...Negro has been a permanent part of America ever since then, and perhaps the greatest advance of recent years is the realization by white people that his problems cannot be ignored. The Negro's recent progress, far from making him content, has greatly intensified his aspirations. The job of helping him to meet his legitimate needs may well continue to be the nation's most urgent piece of domestic business for decades to come...
...alternatives, the British first reconsidered their policy and then put off executing it, as Prime Minister Wilson parried criticism from all sides. He even altered the Labour Government's policy dramatically, in hopes of bringing about some sort of settlement. Britain now stands by "Six Principles" which assure "unimpeded progress toward majority rule." The principles allow for an interim independent whit government, with strict constitutional guarantees for increased African participation and eventual take-over...
...respects Cal President Clark Kerr, at meetings of the regents has made it clear that Kerr "doesn't speak for me," and has successfully fought for more U.C.L.A. autonomy in such matters as budget making and seeking federal funds on its own. Proud of his school's progress so far, Murphy envisions U.C.L.A. becoming a model modern counterpart of the great medieval universities, blending quality and quantity, serving as an intellectual laboratory for an increasingly urbanized world...
This ferocious undercutting of competitors-"fighting the parasites who put prices up," Neckermann calls it-has been the key to the firm's extraordinary progress, from his first twelve-page catalogue to the slick 619-page book now circulating. In a country where retailers regularly mark up their goods 35% to 40% and sometimes even 100% , Neckermann makes do with a profit margin of 1% or 2%. His gross sales last year were $275 million...