Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...latest opposition of the Dark Ages-style Muslim mullahs to the Shah's government [Sept. 18] comes as no surprise to those of us interested in progress and in seeing Iran enter the 20th century. The mullahs' theocratic demand to watchdog parliament in the name of democracy is a mockery of the right to freedom. The mullahs ought to be reminded that their "overseeing" the parliament is just as repugnant as the ban on the freedom of the press, for which they criticize the Shah's regime. The separation of church and state is essential to democracy...
There is an ever present belief in the Western world that Islam is contrary to modernization and progress. The current development and modernization in many oil-rich Islamic nations prove that progress and Islam can go together. If you call legalization of gambling, striptease, pornography and homosexual rights social reforms and modernization, I would say no to such progress...
...would be taken against union members by the railroads. Then a U.S. district court in Washington postponed a decision on a rail industry call for a no-strike injunction against the union; the court questioned whether the Railway Act empowers the White House to halt a strike already in progress...
...director of the IMF, former French Treasury Chief Jacques de Larosiere, proclaimed that the world's major international economic ailments "are on the way to being cured." U.S. Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal was nearly as cheery. Despite a lingering public perception of "uncertainty and worry," he said, much progress has been made and "further improvement is under...
Senior linebacker Craig Beling seems the most doubtful. Beling, who strained ligaments in his left knee against UMass last Saturday, has made remarkable progress this week, but will almost definitely not play tomorrow. Originally slated to sit out for a minimum of two weeks, Beling had virtually no swelling in his knee and made it out to a couple of practices this week...