Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard has made no progress in increasing its representation of women and minorities--in general, both have risen steadily in the last five years. But the rises have been far from impressive. The tenured faculty here is still 92 per cent white and male; minorities and women are still represented in greatest proportion in the lowest-paying jobs. There is still a great deal to be done...
...that had been owned by Gulf Oil and British Petroleum. Although the settlement followed months of acrimonious negotiations presided over by Oil Minister Abdel Muttaleb al Kazimi, it scarcely came as a surprise: the government had announced plans in March to complete its takeover. Nonetheless, the deal underscores the progress that producing countries are making in wresting control of drilling and pumping operations away from the major Western oil companies, and relegating the companies to the roles of technical advisers, contract drillers and buyers of state-owned oil. The status of nationalization elsewhere...
Will and Ariel Durant seem to be a permanent natural resource. They have produced eleven bestselling history books in 40 years, spanning the birth of man and following his progress right up till the French Revolution. The Durantian success derives from a unique digest of research, humor, intimate anecdotage and headlong energy. But the once inexhaustible Will, now 90, and his wife Ariel, at 77, have announced that this is their valedictory volume...
Instead, group members said a report Leonard issued last spring about his disappointment at the progress of affirmative action here was part of the impetus for its founding...
...things stand now, no one would deny either that some progress has been made or that a great deal more is needed. Harvard has substantially increased its number of women over the past few years, but women's representation is still far below 50 per cent in non-clerical jobs...