Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...haggling." Washington also maintains that the sales would not alter the basic military balance in the region. But, as critics of the decision's timing point out, since deliveries of the F-15s and F-16s are nearly four years away, the announcement could have been delayed until progress had been made in resumed talks between Egypt and Israel...
...Progress Party in 1972. Its platform includes the dissolution of the Danish armed forces, the sale of Greenland to the U.S., biweekly elections, replacement of the country's cradle-to-grave welfare system with vending machines dispensing porridge-and, of course, abolition of taxation...
...what it's like to grow up Catholic or Protestant," Swain says. He adds, "You don't talk about your religious experiences. In class, you deal with issues on broad, general terms. There's been an improvement but there's still a lot of ignorance... It's not complete progress; it's a step. But it's way ahead of what's happened in most parishes...
MANY SOCIAL SCIENTISTS theorize that science and technology are sweeping all before it, shoving aside tradition, magic, superstition and old values that cannot be justified in terms of collective utility. This ultimate rationalization of human behavior provides the basis for modern industry and brings about un--precedented economic progress with its promise of a material Utopia--abundance, the arguments go, will eradicate class conflicts and education and enlighten the masses so they will naturally agree with other classes on societal goals. Stability and prosperity will hold sway, and all members of society will accept the legitimacy of capitalism...
...State Dining Room, Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps conceded that the Administration had been criticized for its inability to communicate with the business community, its lack of a program on which businessmen could base their plans, and its disregard for the private sector. But, she added, "we have made substantial progress in all three areas...