Word: progression
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...every four Hillary Clinton voters actually admitted to pollsters that race was a factor in their vote; that may be an Appalachian outlier, but even in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio the figure was a troubling 1 in 10. It's a tribute to America's racial progress that a biracial man born before Jim Crow died could come this close to the presidency, but if you believe that contemporary America is color-blind, you probably also believe the Georgia Congressman who recently called Obama "uppity," then claimed he had no idea it was a traditional Southern slur for blacks...
...this kind of team. It’ll be good momentum for us—we have a lot of games coming up.”Friday’s showing testified not only to the team’s ability to compete overall, but also to the steady progress of Leone’s freshmen in only their third game of collegiate action. Beyond starters Baskind and Kowal, three other rookies saw time in Friday’s game. So far, Leone has no qualms about throwing them into tight situations—he not only played all five...
...given the short window available to set up a new government between Election Day and the Inauguration. The Obama campaign has also started a transition-planning effort, recruiting John Podesta - a former chief of staff to President Clinton who now runs a liberal think tank, the Center for American Progress - to help oversee the preparation...
...Indonesia is heading in the right direction, says the OECD's de Mello. "But what they need to understand is that the world is moving faster." Real progress can come only if there is a national consensus to make economic development a priority. And in the country's fractious political environment, not everyone is willing to take the politically uncomfortable steps to achieve high growth, such as scaling back labor rights and encouraging foreign investment...
...appeared as if there was no plan to succeed in Iraq. Though sectarian violence had spiked and political progress stalled, Bush forged ahead confidently with a policy that amounted to little more than "We must win." As Woodward writes, "No matter how he tried to dress it up with positive language and sugarcoat it to the American public, he was losing the war. But somehow he had no set deadlines, demanded no hurry." Eventually, Bush ceded the responsibility for a new strategy to National Security Adviser Steve Hadley, who pushed ahead with the idea of a troop surge despite...