Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...poor must do for themselves, some obstacles are not easily overcome. Most of the poor nations, for example, are burdened with a tropical climate, which lowers both soil fertility and levels of human exertion. Many also lack the cultural milieu to reinforce individual initiative and social concern for progress. "What holds back many LDCs is the people who live there," says P.T. Bauer. "Material achievement depends primarily on people's attitudes, motivation and mores. In many LDCs, popular mores are often uncongenial to economic development; there is widespread fatalism and torpor and preference for a contemplative life." For many...
...developing states can learn from the First World. But this will require a dialogue rather than the hostility of the past two years. "It could go back to the jungle," warns a Harvard political scientist. "It is a toss-up whether the developing countries opt for economic progress or instead, for winning symbolic points by twitting the industrial states...
This is a romantical populist argument, reflecting a widespread and partly justifiable resentment against the corrosive impact of modernization on traditional values. It is a complaint, however, more properly leveled at the concepts of technology and progress rather than at the First World. After all, no aid donor forces a poor country to opt for economic growth. South Korea's Deputy Premier Nam Duck Woo recently noted what ought to be obvious to all underdeveloped countries: "As people get richer, their values become more materialistic...
...synthetics would be similarly foolish, for it would impede technical progress. The poor may even be disappointed by the results achieved by new cartels. Unlike petroleum, other raw materials face tough competition from substitutes, synthetics and recycling. If bauxite becomes too costly, other materials can be used to replace aluminum; containers, for example, may be made from tin or glass instead. Moreover, as a cartel drives up the price of a commodity, at some point it becomes
Injuries to key personnel have hampered O'Neil's progress with the Harvard freshman crew, which currently stands at 2-3. The Crimson's number one recruit, 6'9" center Mark Kirkland, has been sidelined since the start with an unusual orthopedic injury. The team's top scoring forward, Augie Caimi, sustained a knee cartilage injury in a loss to B.C., and may be lost for the season...