Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...made some progress, notably by putting the city's finances on a sounder basis, keeping the restive ghettos free of major riots, and reducing air pollution. Still, many of Lindsay's accom plishments have been in spirit rather than in substance...
Prognosis of Progress...
Beyond Thieu and his government, the situation depends on other factors: the military performance by both the U.S. and the South Vietnamese army, the pace of pacification, the strength and morale of the enemy. "Progress" in Viet Nam is a relative and fragile thing at best. But within limits, a prognosis of progress seems more valid than at any time since the U.S. arrived...
...addition to rural development and pacification, I will pay particular attention this year to the matter of land reform-and in a revolutionary manner. If the government works for a better life for the people, they are ready to cooperate. The population likes progress. I do not think that the population believes that the Communists can do the same thing for them. That is our ideal...
Perhaps the most significant progress the churches have made since Dr. Blake's speech is in ensuring the racial unity of the prospective superchurch. Three of the participant churches are predominantly Negro in membership, and their presence as equal partners is now taken for granted. High on the list of priorities for consideration by denominational leaders is "How shall racial balance be achieved and maintained in leadership, both lay and ordained, at all levels of the united church?" Balance is the concern. The outline plan already provides that all offices of the new church, including the episcopacy, be open...