Word: progression
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...Editorial Board has taken this opportunity to compile a series of op-eds written by and about members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community at Harvard, past and present.The perspectives included in this series will cover a range of issues the LGBT community has faced, the progress that has been made, and the challenges that remain...
...Even as they prepared for their debate, both McCain and Obama stressed that they would be returning to Washington over the weekend to participate in the negotiations. Whether that will help or hurt progress depends on which party you ask. House Republicans Friday hailed McCain's leadership on Capitol Hill, arguing he had given them a voice after they had been all but ignored in the horsetrading earlier in the week. "McCain came into town and the message there that House Republicans are relevant, we're not going to roll the House Republicans, we're not going to gang...
...statement released this morning, McCain's campaign said, "Senator McCain has spent the morning talking to members of the Administration, members of the Senate and members of the House. He is optimistic that there has been significant progress toward a bipartisan agreement now that there is a framework for all parties to be represented in negotiations. The McCain campaign is resuming all activities and the Senator will travel to the debate this afternoon...
While the exact state of the talks was not known at midday, Obama said that he had seen "real progress being made" both last night and today...
...Under a five-year pilot project called Purchase for Progress, the foundations will help 350,000 or so small farmers in 21 countries, most of them in Africa, to grow food for the U.N.'s World Food Program, the biggest food aid distributor in Africa. Rather than simply buying the farmers' crops outright, much of the money will go to teaching better farming methods, and to helping them store their crops in warehouses, plant higher-yield seeds, and transport their produce to customers. Those are all serious obstacles for poor farmers, many of whom find it almost impossible...