Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...energy and improve the economy-the same philosophy that the President expressed in May when he vetoed a bill to control the ecological damage done by strip mining for coal. The result would be a slowdown, but not a reversal, of the U.S.'s environmental programs. Pointing to progress in cleaning up the Connecticut and Hudson rivers, Ford quipped: "The salmon are back. They cough a lot, but they have reappeared...
...black and white workers would form a "united front" and work together instead of fighting they could make real economic and social progress, Leary said. "The capitalist system has got some problems," he said...
...apartment and reads books about evolution and writes letters to Harvard professors trying to convince them that it's all a hoax. My friend said through the heat and the noise of the tourists and Dr.Minyard, New Orieans decaying all around him, that he was making substantial progress, and although I had no good reason to I believed...
...desert near Alamogordo three decades ago. Last week, for instance, West Germany agreed to sell Brazil facilities and technology that could enable Brasilia to develop nuclear arms. Meanwhile, both the U.S. and the Soviet Union are pushing ahead with the development of new weapons that could undermine whatever progress may be made at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), which are scheduled to resume in Geneva this week after a recess of nearly two months...
...battle against inflation also continues to progress well. Despite markedly higher meat and gasoline costs, the consumer price index showed only a slight .4% increase in May, holding the annual inflation rate to a manageable 4.8%. The combination of higher personal income and a moderate rate of inflation means that real consumer purchasing power is rising. That is likely to lead to an increase in consumer buying, which will be the major factor in lifting the economy in the months ahead...