Word: progressiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some of those brutally silenced by the Chinese government to be heard by the public and by the primary silencer himself. At a time when business interests dominate the exchange between China and the United States and when U.S. foreign policy has so weakened its demands for human rights progress in China, an exchange of views between China's leaders and China's exiled political dissidents seems particularly important to promoting universally recognized freedoms...
...Collaborative work with Radcliffe has helped Harvard to make progress in several of these areas. There is still much to be done, but the signals are pointing in the right direction. I am also happy to report that we have, during the past year and a half, received a number of campaign commitments--amounting to more than $5 million--that are specifically intended to support some of the Harvard initiatives I have just described, as well as others that may evolve. This is a real boost, and points the way forward...
...problematic as well: opening up at hyper-speed, the movie rushes to get through the exposition necessary for the convoluted plot. After the kidnapping, though, the action slows almost to a halt; the rest of the movie moves sluggishly, with brief speedy sections. The aggravation of this halting progress is compounded by the fact that during the lulls, rather than actually develop his characters, Boyle chooses instead to meander around the lifeless world that he has created...
...While Clinton needs to be able to show a skeptical America that engagement with China is yielding results, Beijing isn't likely to give him much to work with, says Fischer. While Clinton would like to be able cite progress on human rights, Taiwan, Tibet, religious freedom and nuclear non-proliferation, "Jiang is not really in a position to comply with the American wish list without appearing, at home, to be caving in to Washington," says Fischer. "Besides an agreement on non-proliferation -- which is significant, of course -- I don't think Clinton is likely to get much...
Nixon reports that, while greeted with a negative response at first, "people certainly don't want to disadvantage students...I'm optimistic that we're starting to make some progress...