Word: progressing
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There were some faint signs of hope. Singh did permit Kashmir to be listed as an area of "dispute" in the conference's official communiqué-which was considered progress by the Pakistanis because until now India has called Kashmir an internal problem. When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visits the U.S. on March 27, Lyndon Johnson will undoubtedly want to hear about plans for further action. As inspiration, the U.S. last week announced the resumption of "nonlethal" military shipments to both India and Pakistan (cars, trucks, transport planes). The hint was clear: when India and Pakistan become still closer...
Furthermore, no one seriously questions the right of peoples to become nations, or suggests that they lapse into colonialism. Ever since Woodrow Wilson, self-determination has been the dominant political philosophy of the 20th century. The problem is, though, that right does not necessarily make might. In order to progress beyond mere survival, the new nations need a measure of economic heft and political substance, a chance to make sense in the long run by maturing into nations worthy of the name. Far too many of them raise their flags with little but a flagpole to go on. Considering only...
...possibly recognize himself or his brood in Goldmancolor, the playgoer should not strive to do so. Winter is rather a day in the life of that boisterous Plantagenet family in the little 12th century castle halfway down the next block. It is Christmas Eve, and a spat is in progress. That is what the play is, an interminable family spat. The three boys, or brats, want Daddy's crown, and they sulk and scream over it as if it were the prize in the Cracker Jack box. Daddy wants Mommy's booming piece of real estate -Aquitaine...
...members of the mission will spend eight to ten days in South Vietnam evaluating the programs already in progress and determining what new programs are necessary for social and economic development. Francis Keppel, U.S. Commissioner of Education and former dean of the School of Education will head the subgroup on education, in which Davis will take part; Surgeon General Luther Hodges will be in charge of the subgroup studying health problems...
...stake in the local subsidiary. Because Latin American countries have prohibitive import barriers. Sears buys 80% of its merchandise from 9,000 native manufacturers, who produce such goods as refrigerators, washing machines and blue jeans. Sears's local purchasing program amounts to a private Alliance for Progress that has made a lot of suppliers rich and helped the company become an integral part of each country...