Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...write-off. The Osage orange hedges, planted a hundred years ago against the chilling wind, are being torn out, because machinery these days needs more room just to turn around. The wind sweeps down, carrying off the topsoil, buffeting the farmer who can, thanks to progress, plant 300 acres in two days all alone with $100,000 worth of machinery...
...Shah claims that he was the victim of the progress he made in Iran. "When I began a shock program which would enable Iran to make up in 25 years the backwardness of centuries, I realized that success would be possible only by mobilizing all its resources ... If a country is to be mobilized, it has to be driven, and, while it sets to work, defended against those who would hinder the process. To leave saboteurs to operate in freedom would certainly not have permitted realization of this program...
Pleased with the Crimson's progress, however, he warned that if Harvard had been "ten feet below the Tigers at the start of the season, we're only five feet under them...
...economics a "progressive" tax is one that is levied with respect to the taxpayer's income; a "regressive" tax is one that is levied irrespective of the taxpayer's income. By failing to define these terms, Mr. Feinberg left himself free to associate "progressive" taxes with progress and social justice while associating "regressive" taxes with Louis...
...Boston College was a team that could take advantage of our weaknesses, but we pulled through," McCurdy said after the meet. "All in all, I'm pleased--we've made definite progress...