Word: progressiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...students, licensees, clothing workers and their union representatives, federal government officers, my counterparts at other universities, and leaders of human rights organizations to learn the facts and to try to shape policies that Harvard can implement effectively. This process is far from over, but I think we have made progress toward these goals. President Rudenstine, Provost Fineberg and members of Harvard's governing boards have fully supported these efforts and have made clear that they are ready to commit Harvard to doing what it can to improve conditions for workers...
...hard to say at this point what progress is, but I think there was some in terms of understanding," Nesson said. "It remains to be seen what will come...
When a scholar makes a contribution to a field, others are supposed to be able to use it to progress to still more advanced principles...
Unlike a discipline like physics or even political science, however, there is no steady body of knowledge or constant sense of progress in the study of literature...
...parent-teacher conference, the government has problems meeting deadlines. The Y2K status report announcement, made late Wednesday by the White House Office of Management and Budget, was succinct. Three federal agencies -- the Transportation Department, Health and Human Services, and the Agency for International Development -- have made little or no progress in winnowing out the Y2K bug. Only 80 percent of key government computers have been given a clean bill of health. The cost for ensuring that the government gets in line digitally by 2000 has been nudged upward by $400 million, to a grand total of $6.8 billion. No catastrophes...