Word: progressive
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...superpowers seemed to have reached an impasse in pre-summit talks. The U.S. wants to discuss "regional issues," like Soviet policy toward Afghanistan, Central America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, at a Reagan- Gorbachev meeting. The Soviets say they do not want a summit without some guarantee of progress on arms control. As the two sides emerged from private talks last week aimed at laying the groundwork for a summit, they appeared to remain far apart. Though the U.S. side rated the talks "constructive and businesslike," Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Adamishin was more downbeat. Said...
...main challenge is to find some crack in our present theories," said Professor of Physics Roy I. Schwitters at the symposium, "The Ultimate Physical Theories: Progress and Prospects." Schwitters will head the world's largest particle accelerator soon to open at the Fendi National Laboratories outside of Chicago...
...anything interesting has ever happened at Harvard, it seems to have been systematically excised from this bland account. Historians generally tend to focus on the significance of periods of upheaval, but these essays emphasize the placid progress of an educational institution with a shifting population of faceless students and teachers. Student riots are glossed over or ignored. Wartime turbulence is omitted. Conspicuously absent is any mention of the most recent Harvard crisis of student demonstrations in the '60's. Clearly, such a short book cannot include every significant event in the University's past, but the lack of any disscussion...
Alums, with their checks and money orders, can help make that happen. The development office sees those checks as thank-yous for a pleasant party or as tangible expressions of nostalgia for a past that never was. But they could be thoughtful evaluation of Harvard's progress toward a grand future...
...turn, the man who has guided the University for the last 15 years frustrates both students and faculty on campus who say his slow, plodding style of leadership has prevented Harvard from making progress on issues ranging from divestment to increasing the number of female professors...