Word: progressing
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...view, all the legal preconditions for lifting sanctions have been met, except for the release of all prisoners and lifting the state of emergency in the province of Natal. Many members of Congress reply that South Africa has not satisfied a condition spelled out in the sanctions law: substantial progress toward dismantling apartheid...
...whites eat together at the same lunch counters. They work side by side in offices. Black families can buy houses in white neighborhoods. They can shop in any store, stay in any hotel, apply for any job, run for any political office. Since the sit-ins, the visible progress in civil rights has been monumental. So why is Richmond troubled...
...Apparent progress has its limits in politics too. The city finally implemented in 1983 a district system that would guarantee black seats on the city council. Today two blacks sit on the council, but since their power springs from predominantly black districts, blacks, ironically, are boxed in. Before districts, black voters could sometimes help defeat a candidate like County Commission Chairman Forrester. Says the now safe Forrester: "When guys like me start getting elected, that's got to reflect something...
AIDS patients who tuned in last Thursday to Cable News Network and several other TV news shows had reason to feel excited. Reporting live from Atlanta Hospital, a CNN correspondent described an operation in progress aimed at ridding a 37-year-old man, identified only as "Tony," of AIDS by heating his blood to 108 degrees F. Heightening the drama was the presence on camera of Carl Crawford, 33, an AIDS patient who had received the same treatment four months ago and whose symptoms had apparently disappeared...
Jokes aside, the rift between Washington and Jerusalem appeared to be widening alarmingly. Senior Administration officials insisted Baker's crack was no impulsive outburst but a calculated attempt "to lay down a marker before the new Israeli government locked itself into a position that made further progress ((toward peace talks)) even more difficult...