Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...began "intensive new inquiries into this whole matter." This investigation and the renewed efforts of the Department of Justice, he said, had lately shown that "there have been major developments in the case concerning which it would be improper to be more specific now, except to say that real progress has been made in finding the truth...
There are two other rather important prerequisites. The first is that the risk to the patient be negligible and that it not impede his progress if he is under treatment for an ailment. If that progress can be accelerated by another means, then the experimenter should not try a dubious treatment. Second, the subject must provide informed consent to participate in any experiment...
Clearly, the progress in medical technology made in recent years particularly in surgical techniques, depended on some daring and consequent risk. But Hans Jonas, professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research, appropriately notes that there are moral values "whose loss, possibly caused by too ruthless a pursuit of scientific research, is not worth of our efforts or our approbation...
Agnew said that it is still too early to evaluate the political effects of the Watergate scandal. If there are investigations and legal actions in progress at the time of the 1974 elections the Republican Party could be seriously affected, he added...
...other police departments have also taken some remedial measures of their own. The Atlanta police department recently named Joyce Miller as its first woman officer to the homicide division; her first responsibility is to handle rape cases. But the greatest progress has been made in New York City. There, the police department has established a special rape squad within the detective bureau. Headed by Lieut. Julia Tucker, the squad is staffed with seven other women, and is responsible for providing emotional support for rape victims. It is also charged with educating the male policemen who still do much...