Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...grow up Catholic or Protestant," Swain says. He adds, "You don't talk about your religious experiences. In class, you deal with issues on broad, general terms. There's been an improvement but there's still a lot of ignorance... It's not complete progress; it's a step. But it's way ahead of what's happened in most parishes...
There is no indication that the sale of Manufacturer's Hanover and Citicorp stock represents Harvard's first step in taking a stand on the inhumane situation in South Africa. If in the future the University decides at long last to place morals over finances, it should say so, instead of throwing the controversy into the dry realm of finance, avoiding moral implications involved in the sale, and saving face in the business community. It is admirable when a university--even Harvard--listens to critics within its own community and publicly changes its policy to correct a glaring injustice...
...matter how the gambling law is written, it will attract organized crime, drugs and prostitution "like blood attracts sharks." Agrees Dade County Sheriff E. Wilson Purdy: "Organized crime is south Florida's biggest growth industry. They're all over the place now. Casinos would be a major step toward a complete mob takeover." Adds former Miami Beach Mayor Jay Dermer. "The hotel people have it all backward. They must first fix up their places...
...courses increased dramatically. The decisive break with the original system only came in 1971 when the Faculty set up the current system of departmentalized bypasses, and allowed the more specialized middle group courses to count the same as lower group courses. The Core proposal, therefore, is not a step 40 years into the past, but only a step seven years into the past...
...transform the educational system, or whether the Core proposal is just an anachronistic attempt to resurrect a dead ideal. Proponents of the Core are fighting the educational trends of the last 30 years. It seems that the undertaking will be enormous, and the Core proposal represents only a small step along the way to a liberal education...