Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Today critics of her policies-including some in Washington -are taking a cautious second look. This month a joint Indo-U.S. commission, designed to promote better relations, convened in Washington after a long delay. At the time, President Ford emphasized that Washington had great interest in the "strength, progress and economic viability of India." He said he was still anxious to visit India. TIME New Delhi Bureau Chief William Smith recently toured the country and cabled this assessment of Indian democracy under the emergency...
LEARNING: Why Do Boys Do Better? Six years ago, the Denver-based Education Commission of the States began a Government-financed study known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress. After analyzing tests given to nearly 900,000 students and young adults across the U.S., the commission's researchers concluded that men have a clear edge over women in most areas of academic achievement...
...landscape is bleak. But the Bicentennial finds some thoughtful Americans seeking a renewed sense of covenant and virtue, even though the concept embarrasses many. Few speak of moral progress or Utopian hopes in a moment like ours. Yet it is possible that today too little is made of those rare virtues that we do possess. The Catholic bishops' committee that came to scold stayed also to praise. "Many of the new emphases are positive and praiseworthy: sensitivity to the dignity and fundamental equality of all men and women; increased concern for individual self-realization; broadened perception of the moral...
...contains listings of resources by and for women in areas like health, education, work, literature, religion and politics, along with blurbs summarizing the latest feminist thinking on each topic. The blurbs are to read, the listings are for reference, and the whole constitutes an invaluable gauge of the progress feminists have made so far in redefining women's relationships towards one another and towards male-dominated society and culture...
Ford had planned to follow tradition and unwrap his tax proposals in his State of the Union address in January But that timetable was torn up last week, when Democratic Congressman Al Ullman's Ways and Means Committee seemed to be making fast progress on a complicated package of tax reforms. Beyond revising the tax laws, Ullman expected to extend most provisions of the "temporary" tax cut that had been enacted earlier this year to spur the lagging economy. These lower rates are scheduled to expire on Jan. 1, and without action before then, withholding rates will revert...