Word: progressively
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kiely's only stipulation of the deal, Del Deo recalls, was that the young artist keep the master apprised of his progress. And over the five years that Del Deo would utilize the space and become closer to the Kiely family--first as a House resident and then as a House tutor--he would draw up a letter to Kiely with details of the week's work and leave it on Kiely's desk...
...Europe were shaken by the slow progress of the air war, Serbs were solid in their defiance, and Milosevic surely felt stronger than ever, cast as the nation's plucky savior. The bombing effectively silenced most of his opposition, and he shut down or intimidated anyone else who still had a mind to speak out. Proudly painting targets on their shirts and buildings, the young of Belgrade rallied for Slobo in the same streets and squares where protesters had marched two years ago to throw him out. Serbs who danced in jubilation on the wreckage of a U.S. F-117A...
While these mayors can't yet proclaim victory, the health of public education in many cities has been so lousy for so long that even modest progress gets hailed as a breakthrough. In most takeovers, city hall has delivered a fiscal and academic accountability that pulls budgets out of the red while improving, albeit modestly, overall student achievement. "Principals, teachers and administrators were there for life and couldn't be removed or forced to change," says Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. "We have shaken things up when necessary...
...everything humanly possible to ensure that teachers have the textbooks they've requested and anything that needs to be replaced, repainted or repaired inside our schools before teachers and students return in September." These may seem modest initial goals. But perhaps, as in Chicago four years ago, any progress at all will be welcomed by Detroit's students and parents alike...
First, a note of caution. The new guidelines are a work in progress and should not supersede your doctor's best judgment. Nor do they apply if you are participating in a clinical trial or have been diagnosed with hereditary colon cancer...