Word: progressives
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...20th century was a time of unprecedented progress, Tisch Professor of History Niall Ferguson said yesterday. Life expectancy soared, quality of life improved, and democracy spread. But why was the twentieth century also the bloodiest? According to Ferguson, who spoke to a crowd of 20 students at Hilles as part of the “Coffee with a View” series yesterday afternoon, the answer lies partly in that very progress. In a talk entitled, “The War of the World,” Ferguson argued that the major ingredients for world war continue to loom today...
...speak at Harvard in December to outline his strategy for fighting crime. She added that the BSA also plans to conduct a February poll of high-school students to collect their views of black-on-black violence and to present a report in April evaluating Patrick’s progress on crime prevention...
...agreed to speak at Harvard in December to outline his strategy for fighting crime. She added that the BSA also plans to conduct a February poll of high-school students to collect their views of black-on-black violence and to present a report in April evaluating Patrick's progress on crime prevention...
...Maher says that boosting the city’s investment in the school system will be key to heading off an “exodus” of students from Cambridge public schools. But he also insisted that the city needed to do a better job in showing the progress already being made...
...while the schools have made progress during his administration, Committee member Patricia M. Nolan ’80 in particular has argued that the improvements are too small given Cambridge’s extraordinarily high per pupil expenditures (about $23,300 per student...