Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years in office Evans has tried-with marked success-to prove the corollary. Though both houses of his legislature are Democratic-controlled, he has managed to pass more than half of the 35 priority bills in his "Blueprint for Progress" program. Still, several of his most cherished proposals, including one to establish a state department of transportation, were axed by the opposition, and he is consequently hopeful that a new reapportionment plan will enable the G.O.P. to win control of at least the lower house this fall...
...early 1970s, the U.S. may be able to keep its far-flung commitments without having large permanent deployments of troops far from home. Reason: technological progress will give the armed forces such mobility as to permit retrenchment to locations in or close to the U.S., from which they can jump off for trouble spots on short notice. Mobility will get its biggest boost with the introduction in about three years of the C-5A, a transport capable of carrying 700 troops at 550 m.p.h. One hundred C-5A sorties would enable the Pentagon to throw 70,000 troops into...
...Americans would no more accept the old family doctor than they would ride in his horse-and-buggy instead of their automobiles. You ask: "Is the old family doctor dead?" The answer is yes. For this progress the public should be thankful...
Packing a Lunch. Under Sarit's successor, Premier Thanom Kittikachorn, Bhumibol is more than ever the throne behind the power. He and Sirikit, working as a ceremonial team with all the pageantry that Thais love, take every opportunity to identify themselves with Thailand and its progress. Whether it be the dedication of a new dam or highway, the ancient ceremony of the first spring plowing, or the certification of a newly found royal white elephant (an auspicious omen in Thai mythology), Bhumibol uses each event to emphasize the rich heritage and unity of his nation. (One discontinued tradition: feeding...
...dryers and whirlpool agitators. More mechanized conveniences are surely coming. More important, he hopes that his report has finally lifted the "veil of embarrassment," and that the bathroom can be at last openly examined. "Until the bathroom is conceived of and produced as an entity," Kira maintains, "no significant progress can be made...