Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...locked in war; the rest of the world feverishly preparing for a war of continents. Yet the men of Mars, if they have been watching this world long enough, know that it has always been thus on Earth, that inevitably out of disorder comes order, and out of chaos, progress...
...abstract design toured the Loop enthusiastically wailing plugs for Art Week. On nearby sidewalks pretty models paraded with paintings stuck to them like sandwich boards. In Rochester the art show in the Civic Exhibits Building vied for honors with a poultry show where a human crowing contest was in progress, hired an orchestra to drown out the crowers...
Four business men are backing a winter sports recreational center located on Route 103 in Warner, near Contoocook. Work is in progress on an almost natural toboggan slide 1000 feet long, practice slopes, a slalom course and a 700-feet ski tow. Flood lights are being installed to illuminate the whole development for night...
...conflagration apparently started from an incinerator and had been in progress for about half an hour without being noticed when John R. M. Klotz '43 discovered smoke emerging from the construction work. He quickly grabbed a nearby fire extinguisher and, with the help of several Yard cops, put out the blaze...
...best-run department in the business." Wrote Coster to Price, Waterhouse in 1936: ". . . Only in auditing [has] our company really got its money's worth." During the two years since McKesson's receivership and Coster's suicide, McKesson (under Trustee William Jed Wardall) has made gradual progress toward reorganization. One of Trustee Wardall's jobs is to recover assets; one source of recoveries was Coster's board of directors, who gave him enough votes of confidence to expose themselves to charges of negligence. To date, Trustee Wardall has negotiated out-of-court settlements with...