Word: progressives
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...disarmament discussions now taking place in London under the auspices of the United Nations Sub-committee on Disarmament show, for almost the first time since 1946, definite signs of progress. Although the characteristically intransigent Soviet position showed signs of flexibility in May, 1955, the present discussions are the first in which the Russians have showed a positive willingness to co-operate...
...homes of Kurdish tribesmen in the north, the young (21) King of the ancient land of Iraq traveled last week at the head of a caravan of Cadillacs and Chryslers bearing guests from 13 nations. The purpose of King Feisal's 2,000-mile journey: to show off progress on the second anniversary of Iraq's $1.2 billion, five-year national development program. "The most impressive thing in the Middle East today," glowed U.S. Ambassador Waldemar J. Gallman...
...Arab world. What did the program boil down to, a questioner asked: Was it socialism, state capitalism, or what? The official smiled. "We have a good word in Arabic. It is eimar. It means when you finish a house or complete some worthwhile thing, it has a quality of progress. We call our program eimar." Resting overnight in his summer palace at Sarsange, shy, Harrow-educated Feisal found eimar's reception encouraging: "The people seem to feel that we are doing something important for them...
...When the free world labor movement fights for social justice against poverty and hunger...it does more to fight communism in one week than all the fat cats of Wall Street do in their whole lives because they stand in the way of progress...
...progress toward economic freedom is likely to be slow, is already being fought by Minister of Industry Joaquin Planell Riera, who runs the state-owned industries. At first the government may give private businessmen a share in its consumer-goods and service industries, such as textile plants and the Iberia Air Lines, while holding fast to shipyards, auto plants, utilities and oil refineries...