Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ford's winning progress has proved beyond any doubt his tactical skills and his strategic mastery of soccer...
...flesh. He went to the White House many times to see Haig and Nixon Attorney James St. Clair. The visits were brief, cloaked missions. Haig would politely lead Jaworski into the Map Room, a dim, mellow place on the ground floor so named because Franklin Roosevelt charted the progress of World War II there...
Another aspect of Iran's development that bothers critics is the Shah's unstated decision that political progress for the time being must take second place to economic growth. Decentralization of political power is moving slowly, and there is scant evidence of any quick shift from benevolent but absolute monarchy to at least limited democracy. Theoretically, Iran is a nation of competing political parties. Hoveida's Iran Novin (New Iran) holds power with a dominating 235 seats in the 267-seat Majlis. But Mardom (The People's Party), which has all but one of the remaining...
...presence in the Indian Ocean. Inevitably, such a move would increase the fears of Iran's neighbors about the Shah's geopolitical ambitions. Will the people and, above all, the army remain loyal if the grand goals of the white revolution are unrealized and if untrammeled economic progress outstrips social growth? After all, some are still alive who witnessed the ouster of the last monarch but one by an ambitious, dissatisfied soldier. On the record so far, the future favors the Shah. Between oil and ambition, therefore, he and his developing nation are bound to be increasingly visible...
Routine Review. A routine review of Rocky's taxes was in progress before the nomination. It was then expanded and became only one of several investigations in the confirmation process. The FBI deployed 350 agents across the country and compiled a generally favorable, 2,300-page report on Rockefeller's past for members of a House Judiciary subcommittee...