Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Army game was a big game for us," Co-Captain Eric Bentley said. "It shows how much progress we're making this year." Harvard lost to Army, 11-5, earlier in the year at its first tournament in Annapolis...
...trade-deficit figures. Despite recent improvement, the U.S. still imported $80 billion more in goods than it exported in the first seven months of the year. At the current rate, the 1988 trade deficit will total some $130 billion, 23.5% less than last year's record $170 billion. That progress has resulted primarily from the 40% drop of the dollar against major currencies since early 1985, which has made imports more expensive and U.S. exports a bargain overseas...
...past 30 years, we have proved that ours is the first generation to be able to bring the benefits of progress to all mankind," the executive director, James P. Grant said. "If it's possible, then it does become unconscienable that you don't bring it about...
...responsible leaders, who may not shout themselves onto the evening news every night but who are willing to work within the system to achieve change. If demagogues and self-promoters like Sharpton, Maddox and Mason are allowed to speak for all the Blacks in New York, the progress made by Blacks during the past few years in obtaining justice in the courts will be lost...
...Howard Beach decision was a significant event. It demonstrated that there could be justice for Blacks in New York. It also indicated that a separate special prosecutor to handle cases of a racial nature might be the best way to achieve justice. Unfortunately for the Blacks, that progress was jeopardized by Sharpton, Maddox and Mason in the Brawley case...