Word: progression
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...certainly his privilege to argue points of historical interpretation in Southern history, but what I found frightening was his belief that the history shouldn't be there at all. Sofen's message is loud and clear: Erase history in the name of "progress and racial harmony...
Sofen also thinks that this "New South," as he calls it, is so much better off just because there are black mayors in many of the cities and towns. Like most of the country today, Sofen measures progress by percentages of racial minorities in prominent positions. He looks at black men and women as numbers and not people...
American industries are making tremendous progress in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions without sinking our economy. Led by government-industry cooperation and voluntary programs, we are improving efficiency and creating the technologies of tomorrow right now. Industry is putting the environment first yet keeping the economy strong. GLENN KELLY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Global Climate Coalition Washington...
...pollution and fossil-fuel consumption. Tax shifts greatly reduce the economic costs of emissions reductions because they use market mechanisms rather than regulation to drive changes in behavior, and they also provide a way to reduce taxes on income and profits. M. JEFF HAMOND, DEPUTY DIRECTOR Incentives Program Redefining Progress Washington...
...walked through the antique corridors of the courthouse, the "New South" of progress and racial harmony seemed worlds away. It was as if Scarlett O'Hara might be fanning herself around the corner...