Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three movies, it's Christmas Eve. The snow comes down gently, as it should, the Seine winds placidly in the story-book background. Some diners-out offer an old bum money to watch them eat, so as to add savor to their meal with a reminder that progress--which they like as little as Renoir does--hasn't leveled all distinctions yet. The bum pockets the leftovers from their meal, shows up some patronizing rich folks who think they know all about poor people, waltzes through an imaginary chateau with his old flame, and lies down beside...
...Progress, Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom was published in book form in the West...
...become convinced that agriculture must have the highest priority, the world food problem will not be solved. This requires a systems approach involving modern production technology and an infrastructure combining facilities for storage, transport, marketing and credit. Axiomatically, the continuing development of leadership in all sectors is fundamental to progress...
...should be able to get medical services where sex is concerned, without involving their parents. In a U.S. district court, two pregnant 16-year-old Boston girls recently won a delay in enforcement of a state law that requires them to obtain parental permission for abortions. But despite some progress, the medical rights of those under 18 remain unclear, particularly when it comes to preventing or ending pregnancy...
...does the memory of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war that led to the closing of the canal and the rerouting of shipping round Africa. From such a perspective, the rise of the supertanker looks like the kind of triumph of greed and technology over circumstance that customarily passes for progress...