Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Coach Peckham is a good motivator," Widerman added. "He's trying to push them to that high level. If they can stay healthy and continue to progress at the same rate, they will continue to do well...
McPherson cited the development of a malaria vaccine and a new strain of sorghum as examples of the progress international development programs have made...
...Police Department is looking into Nassirnia's charges that Hussey harrassed him, but department spokesman Lt. Calvin Kantor refused to comment about the investigation's progress, saying "The investigation will be complete sometime this week. Will we publish the findings? Of course not, it's an internal investigation...
...years ago El Salvador seemed to be at the threshold of an era of peace and progress. Jose Napoleon Duarte had just been sworn in as the country's first freely elected civilian President in more than half a century, and his platform promised an end to a bloody civil war that was then nearly five years old. The new President boldly proposed peace talks with the Marxist rebels, then met their leaders at a church in La Palma, a town in guerrilla-held territory. Buoyed by generous aid from the U.S., Duarte vowed to revitalize the country's moribund...
Negotiations between the government and the F.M.L.N. have made little progress. In June, Duarte invited rebel leaders to meet with him. The meeting, set for Sept. 19 in the village of Sesori, fell through when Duarte refused a rebel demand to withdraw the army from the area. Some observers said the army had moved into positions near Sesori to show it was a force that not only the rebels but also Duarte must contend with. Today there is serious fighting in half the country's 14 departments...