Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...obstacle to economic growth. But unless the benefits of growth are directed more equitably to the lower 40% of the income groups, where in fact fertility rates are likely to be the highest, then economic growth as such will not move the society forward at an optimum rate of progress. But through an increase in income, small-farm families will almost certainly experience a beneficial decline in their traditionally high fertility. For the income will give them access to better health and education and living standards, which in turn are likely to lead to smaller families...
...correctional system, as the state refers to it, is a bit of a misnomer for the prison system. Since 1975, it has been based on a "step" system, where prisoners progress from heavy to lighter security jails as they return. But, as in the current situation on Cell Block Four, there is a basic contradiction involved: behavior the prison administrators consider "progressive"--informing on other prisoners, cooperating with the guards--is the very behavior the prisoners' code condemns...
...overwhelming progress in medicine, improved health care and increased life expectancy, more and more people who reach age 65 are unnecessarily forced to retire. In many cases mandatory retirement leaves severe psychological scars. Old people should not have to fill their last years with make-work and boredom when they are capable of leading active, productive lives...
...negotiators have tentatively agreed on a plan to cut tariffs an average of 44% across the board. Such a reduction would help swing the talks toward ways of lowering trade barriers rather than raising new ones. But Belgian Foreign Minister Henri Simonet warns that a steel OMA might stop progress in the talks, and a U.S. Treasury official adds, "If we erect another trade barrier, the whole future of free trade as we know it is in jeopardy." If the Geneva talks fail, it is easy to foresee a truly vicious circle: protectionist moves further restrict the growth of global...
...Osgood makes his second approach to the bomb in Westminster Abbey, calmly reporting his progress. And disappears in a great flash of blue light. When Thomas, who is stunned by the blast, recovers consciousness, he finds that a new and much cleverer bomb maker is working for the terrorists. He must deal with the man because there is no one else...