Word: progressive
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...agrees classmate Sophie Cai ’11. “Most professors don’t want to teach on Saturdays.” Ritter, though, seems equally impressed and inspired by his students. “It’s very exciting to see students progress from just simple chemical principles to advanced chemistry,” he says. “I think because I’m getting very excited about that, the students may too.” Ritter is making a difference through his research as well. He sees his biggest accomplishment as elucidating...
...resources are being aimed at that problem. “All this energy gets directed towards a crisis like this,” he says, “But then after that the energy can be dissipated in other areas.” Zucker discussed his conviction that progress in the field of health care is better achieved by the advancement of technology than by institutional change of health systems in different countries. He spoke about incorporating technology into health care systems in developing nations, stressing the importance of starting by introducing basic technologies—like cell phones?...
...democratic values. Continued unrestricted high-value exports of sensitive military materiel will not help Pakistan to fight the Taliban insurgency on its northwest frontier. Similarly, our policy of no-strings-attached support for Pakistan’s government—which has resulted in a shameful lack of progress on the important issues of human rights and democracy—should instead be restructured in such a way that prioritizes concrete improvements in that government’s human-rights record while maintaining a strategic relationship of mutual benefit...
...Certainly progress and accountability are not necessarily mutually exclusive. In striving to hit that middle ground, President Obama released the CIA interrogation memos and last week left the door open to prosecuting former Bush Administration officials who sanctioned the harsh interrogation of terror detainees. But the fact that the nation, or at least the national media, spent the next few days debating the finer points of the insult slap and waterboarding, shows how easily the search for justice can overshadow everything else. Obama is now at a juncture in his agenda where he will need to bring together as many...
...According to most estimates, between one-third and one-fifth of women will experience sexual or domestic violence at the hands of a male friend, partner, spouse, or date during their lifetime. The MenSpeakUp campaign believes that men must play a prominent part in addressing these problems if significant progress is to be made. A society of mutual respect requires men to rethink how they treat and interact with women...