Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think of itself in a different light, the South has replaced self-righteous demagoguery with genuine pride. The South has always been proud of its ways despite, perhaps even because of, the derision it suffered for its shortcomings. But the new Southern pride is based on the steady progress the region has made toward overcoming its problems while retaining its special identity...
...long before we'll have smog and pollution to contend with. It's a good feeling not to be apologetic about being a Southerner, but it's not the same South. We've lost our character, but I guess that's the price of progress...
Here I feel as though I were living in the Southern U.S. of the early 1800s. I believe the progress in the American South will eventually result in more harmonious race relations than now exist in other areas of America. I cannot predict the same for South Africa...
...have growth in the economy," he said early this month. In its eleventh-hour offer, the company proposed an elaborate scheme whereby employees could win up to five extra days off if they compiled clean attendance records. Responded the union: Ford's plan "would not make any major progress toward creating new jobs and lowering unemployment in this country...
...motto "Veritas"--should be especially receptive to open criticism, he believes. In a letter last month to Peter S. McKinney, acting dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Brown-Beasley wrote: "Since there are no 'final solutions,' constant criticism from within is our only hope for progress. Those who 'cannot absorb constant criticism' might well be reminded of the admonition attributed to President 'Give 'Em Hell, Harry' Truman: 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.' The Harvard administration is not a dumping ground for third-raters...Dearest friend, this is supposed...