Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...college educations for the children. But at bottom it is based on two simple articles of national faith: 1) that each generation will live a bit better than that of its parents and build a still better life for its children; 2) that the nation will slowly but steadily progress toward greater equality. These twin pillars of belief have helped create the political and social stability -- and the economic dynamism -- that have characterized the U.S. for more than a century...
Injuries, too, have worked to impede the Crimson's defensive progress. Sophomore cornerback Chris Rezendes, suffering from a hip injury, had to sit out last week's game. Adjuster Bobby Frame and middle guard Tom McConnell, both with knee injuries, will miss today's contest...
...make real progress, executive responsibility for overall policy should be centered in one person or group. Ultimately, that person will be the President; but it will be the official one step down who will be most important in overseeing a federal water policy. Logically, that person should be the Secretary of the interior, who already supervises the Geological Survey and who would be most likely to understand water in its broadest sense, as a limited resource, one that must be used wisely to be available for all its other functions--drinking, agriculture, industry, power, recreation and so many others...
Eric Bogosian, a monologuist, is at the American Repertory Theatre (ART) this weekend with a work in progress entitled Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll. Dressed in black, he relies on stories and characters instead of special effects or gimmicks to create his version of theater...
...capita income of $393 is the lowest in the western hemisphere, while Burma's $197 makes it one of the least developed nations in the world. Both have been ruled for decades by egotistical and paranoid men of exceptional crueltywho deliberately cut their people off from the mainstream of progress and change in the rest of the world...