Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unfortunate that Cabrera fell prey to such a bitter, hysterical argument, but it is the only conclusion that is consistent with the pessimistic vision of his book. Denying any possibility of change, he denies any hope of social progress. His closing words are that "the sorrowful, unhappy and long island" will always be there, "after the last Cubans, surviving all the shipwrecks and eternally bathed by the current of the gulf: beautiful and green, imperishable, eternal...
Despite its progress in rebuilding the economy, the problems facing the Vietnamese go far beyond reconstruction. Vietnam will eventually have to build unified programs for development, programs that will embody their socialist aspirations. The real question for the Vietnamese is whether they can modernize without sacrificing the democratic participation that now characterizes their political and economic decision-making. The governments of both North and South Vietnam have already shown concern with this problem, and how well they solve it will determine the ultimate success of their revolution...
...policy objectives, stems from its essential belief that the American public must be prevented from participating in foreign policy decision making, a belief that has guided the conduct of U.S. foreign policy since World War II. The Pike committee report reveals that Kissinger systematically deceived the public on the progress of the SALT agreements. Similarly, Ford and Kissinger claimed that American intervention in Angola was merely a response to massive prior Soviet involvement, while the committee discovered that "the military intervention of the Soviet Union and Cuba is in part a reaction to U.S. efforts to break a political stalemate...
...pretext for the takeover was that the ousted government of Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi was guilty of "acts of maladministration, corruption and misuse of power for partisan ends." The more probable cause was the prospect of state elections. In Tamil Nadu's assembly, Karunanidhi's Dravidian Progress Party, a populist movement dedicated to social reform and greater state autonomy, held a commanding majority. The assembly's tenure was due to expire March 21, and Mrs. Gandhi did not want to extend its life. Apparently she feared that any election-state or national-during the emergency might turn...
...first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica began appearing in Edinburgh in 1768. The colonists knew and valued these works; indeed, I'Encyclopédie was among the most popular of all the books imported for colonial libraries. Information was instrumental to human happiness; education was meant to serve progress and political stability; and news, after all, was only one category of information, subject to the same laws of controversy and debate. The major issues of the day had to share their time with the contemplation of older discoveries...