Word: progression
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...South Africa Mbeki Steps Down After accusations that he interfered in the corruption case of rival Jacob Zuma, President Thabo Mbeki resigned Sept. 21 at his party's urging. Several members of his Cabinet subsequently quit, deepening fears of a political crisis. The shift could also slow the progress of neighboring Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal, which Mbeki helped negotiate. Deputy party leader Kgalema Motlanthe will serve until next year's election, which Zuma is expected...
...their city not for its own sake but for the sake of its businesses, which need high-quality culture to attract high-quality talent. But even if they sometimes make Charlotte sound like a New South wealth-generating machine that happens to contain people, their boosterism is producing real progress. Charlotte still has problems with smog, schools and sprawl, and a few condo projects have stalled in the credit crunch. But Charlotte's mix of climate, cheap housing, new urban amenities and old habits of materialism are attracting a new generation of workers, including a reverse migration of black professionals...
...which each class has no more than 100 students could be applied in a large, urban school that has over 400 students in each grade. But, as tends to be the case with large social problems that lack easy answers, it is asking the right questions that helps us progress, and Wagner’s book raises many important questions about both the state and purpose of secondary education in America. As Wagner states in his conclusion, “However you choose to start the conversation, it will succeed only if it is a reflective discussion that is driven...
...completion of the schematic plan, and since the museum has yet to secure public approval for much of the construction, there is no rush to evacuate the building just yet. Which is why not much has changed on 32 Quincy Street just yet. THE FUTURE AWAITSThough little concrete progress has been made on the building renovations, the museum staff and curators have been busy planning and executing the installation of the new semi-permanent exhibit that will showcase pieces from the collections of the Sackler, the Busch-Reisinger, and the Fogg while the 32 Quincy Street building is under construction...
...seals from the regime's reactor at Yongbyon - which provided the nuclear fuel with which the North has built its small arsenal of nukes. Inspectors have been barred from Yongbyon, and the regime told the IAEA that within a week it would restart the reactor, rendering all the diplomatic progress made by the six-party talks moot. "What they've done is trouble," Gregory L. Schulte, the U.S. representative to the IAEA, told reporters...