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Word: progressiveness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Blind submission to the doctrine of finding the cheapest oil possible has led, quite directly, to the auto industry's unfortunate adherence to the traditional internal combustion engine even in an era when major auto makers are making significant progress in higher efficiency automobiles...

Author: By Amos C. Kenigsberg, | Title: Drowning Ourselves in Black Gold | 2/9/1999 | See Source »

...English Civil Wars of the 17th century, the 18th century's American Revolution, and the 19th century's American Civil War) it hammered itself into new political, cultural and religious shapes that gave the Anglo cousinhood both energy and stability: "Broadly, the result was to uphold political liberties, commercial progress, technological inventiveness, linguistic ambition, and territorial expansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Manifest Destiny | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Hardly anyone noticed when former House Speaker Newt Gingrich received a vindication of sorts this week. The Internal Revenue Service concluded that the tax-exempt Progress and Freedom Foundation had not broken any tax laws when it helped sponsor a Gingrich college course. The course, as you've probably forgotten, was at the center of the ethics controversy that resulted in a $300,000 fine against Gingrich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRS: Funding of Gingrich Course Was Aboveboard | 2/4/1999 | See Source »

...Gellert has made excellent progress," Sullivansaid. "Usually we worry about the freshmen neverregrouping after exams, but to see him have thegames he's having is encouraging. He's added a lotof defense, which is a dimension we haven't beengood...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: M. Hoops Beats Up On Yale, Brown | 2/3/1999 | See Source »

...investigated the FAA progress, and though it?s true that they?ve made many positive gains since last February, don?t be fooled. The FAA is far from out of the woods, and the flip side of its shiny Krugeraand of reassurance is a dull and gritty kopek of uncertainty and unanswered questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The FAA's Year 2000 Problem | 2/2/1999 | See Source »

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