Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even with an enthusiastic student, tutoring once a week can present problems, because students forget what they have learned. "Any progress you make is diminished by next time," Powell says...
Clemons described the relationships of her emotionally disturbed students with tutors as "multi-level." She says the tutor can give a struggling student an increased sense of social confidence, which can translate into academic progress...
Because of concern that its findings may be politicized if they are leaked before the November elections, the commission will proceed at a rather stately pace. A limited staff and the commission members' busy schedules will also slow progress. Cynics point out that the time frame for deliberations will excuse this Congress and President from making any difficult decisions in an election year...
...commission members say they deserve a chance. Observes Frenzel: "With the inadequate deficit solutions of the past years, it seems that the National Economic Commission is the last line of defense. Perhaps it can achieve some kind of progress. Nothing else has worked...
...only other nations on the U.S. aid blacklist because of drugs are Iran, Afghanistan and Syria, none of which have received official American aid for years. The President claimed that the Bahamas, Colombia and Mexico have made progress against drugs, even though the Bahamas is widely known as a money- laundering and transshipment point for drug dealers, Colombia has made no visible headway against its notorious Medellin cartel and Mexico is the base of ever growing drug-smuggling traffic across the porous U.S. border...