Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...high as 80? for big quahogs. Past a sandbar where a tourist drowned yesterday clamming in 3 ft. of water. Past the big shingled mansions that trim the shoreline at fashionable Warwick Neck. And so into Narragansett Bay, a body of water variously ravished by long-handled rakes, progress and history...
...settlement on the Middle East. For the moment, after all, the critical issues that separate the Israelis and the Arabs-the future of the West Bank and Gaza and of the Palestinians -are as unresolved as ever. So the objective at Camp David will be to make some measurable progress on the outstanding questions and, most important, to reach an agreement to keep the negotiating process alive...
...bill passed last week. Similar to the Senate version, it allows the President to end the embargo if he certifies that Turkey "is acting in good faith to achieve a just and peaceful settlement of the Cyprus problem." The President must report to Congress every 60 days on progress toward a Cyprus solution...
...still hoping that a peaceful solution in Namibia could have some direct influence in pointing the way to a resolution of the Rhodesian crisis. "The situation is just about as good as could be expected," a State Department specialist remarked last week. "In fact, we've made more progress than we thought possible 15 months ago." Those who favor an end to the strife in Namibia were hoping that progress would continue...
...onboard computers will compile and analyze the details of the plane's performance and present the crew with up-to-the-minisecond accounts of engine efficiency, fuel consumption, progress of flight and miles to destination. Flight crew members will become monitors of the automated systems, and the new instrument panels are designed to help them keep constant watch on performance. They no longer will have to rely on a clutter of spinning indicators or round dials. Information will be displayed, simply and concisely, on digital readouts, vertical scales and bright, television-style screens. A much improved radar will display...