Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...light of the Cahns' observations, Robert Weaver's summary of the federal government's efforts to "shape" the "Spread City" reads like a General's account of the progress of the war. Stating that the government's goal is to prevent waste and disorder," Weaver enumerates uncritically federal programs to aid cities, and calls for "better organization of urban governments." He is, of course, selling the program which he heads, and he confines his generalization to purposes rather than effects, which is always safer ground...
...about Mann: "He's great!" With quiet skill Mann helped persuade 19 of the 20 nations of the Organization of American States (Mexico is still holding out) to join the U.S.'s economic trade embargo against Cuba. He also tightened controls over the disbursal of Alliance for Progress funds, helped build up the Inter-American Committee on the Alliance into a forum where Latin Americans can realistically criticize and improve on their own national self-help programs-which are the basis for Alliance financial aid. After Brazil's demagogic President João ("Jango") Goulart was overthrown...
...biggest share of Alliance for Progress aid goes into long-term development programs, and it often takes a desperately long time to filter through government bureaucracies. To give ordinary Latin Americans a sense of progress now, the U.S. is backing a new program called "Partners of the Alliance." The idea is to match a U.S. state with a country, region, or large state in Latin America that shares some common characteristic and let the partners take it from there...
...always wanted to stay in the background," he insists, primping his scraggly, Prince Valiant locks. But his attire could hardly be called a camouflage. Standard costume: stiletto-pointed boots with three-inch Cuban heels, tight pants, cloth cap, Davy Crockett pullover. He ignores the rude hoots that greet his progress down the street, confides that "in case of real trouble I could literally kill a guy. I've studied karate for years...
With the score tied at 4-4, the deciding number one match was in progress. Harvard captain Romer Holleran won the first game, 15-11, but fell behind 13-6 in the second. Holleran steadied, and left opponent Frank Satterthwaite at the short end of a 15-14 game...