Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Americans must continue such progress, though,Califano said, if they are to avoid confronting adebate "over who lives and who dies." If thedemand for medical attention greatly exceeds itssupply, the government will be forced to assumethe role of deciding "who gets the next heart,kidney, hip or knee operation and who is entitledto expensive anti-cancer therapy...
...concentrated in fields like teaching and nursing, and the same still holds true. In 1985, women accounted for 73% of teachers, 87% of librarians and 95% of registered nurses. In contrast, women account for only 17% of doctors, 11% of architects and 7% of engineers. Women have made modest progress: they comprise 18% of lawyers and judges, for example, compared with...
...Soviet Union demonstrated once again last week that it is strongly forging ahead in space exploration. From the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Central Asia, the Soviets launched the first in a projected series of supply missions to their new manned space station called Mir (Peace). The unmanned cargo vessel Progress 25, boosted into orbit by a workhorse Proton rocket booster, hooked up on Friday with Mir, bringing food, fuel, water and other supplies to Cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyev, whose own Soyuz T-15 spacecraft docked with the orbiting space station on March...
...resisted the report's scientific evidence for more than two months, he was finally forced into his new position by Mulroney's political problems. The Prime Minister has been under enormous pressure to win U.S. cooperation in reducing acid rain, and he was so enthusiastic about making even modest progress that he tripped over his own words when talking about it last week. Acid rain, said Mulroney in language worthy of Yogi Berra, is a problem "that is not going to go away until it's solved...
...Most of the broad issues identified by the union are no longer preventing a settlement," said GE spokesman William Kennedy. Despite this progress, he said an end to the 7400-worker strike was "not imminent...