Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Washington once again stressed its determination to cut the U.S. budget deficit, to improve American education and to upgrade the work force. Much like the Japanese promises, the vague U.S. statements made little mention of how the goals would be accomplished. Nonetheless, U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills commended the "progress and hard work on both sides." Hills called the deal "the most ambitious effort we've seen from the Japanese. It constitutes a clear blueprint for reform...
...international competition has spurred remarkable progress in the effort to understand nature's mysteries. Says theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg of the University of Texas at Austin: "Before, we had a zoo of particles, but no one knew why they were the way they were. Now we have a simple picture." That picture, known as the Standard Model, is based on a set of theories that attempt to describe the nature of matter and energy as simply as possible. The model holds that nearly all the matter we know of, from garter snakes to galaxies, is composed of just four particles...
DECEPTION by Philip Roth (Simon & Schuster; $18.95). The master deceiver again teases his fans with a fictive fan dance about a writer named Philip who may or may not be having an affair with a married woman who may or may not be a character in a novel in progress. The woman he lives with doesn't buy it, but readers who appreciate first-rate talent will be thoroughly taken...
Passover is not just about memory and affirmation; it is about recapturing the moment we became free and restoring freedom's spark to our souls. At this time of year, we pause to wet our feet in the waters of the possibilty of ethical progress. If the generation that was liberated from Egypt could visit us today, they might ask what we have done with our freedom. Are we treating each other justly? Are we continually building a society that supports interpersonal concern and propels each of us toward higher ends...
...first exempts owners of rent-controlled buildings with less than six units, allowing them to sell apartments individually to investors. The other amendment requires that Cambridge report back to the state legislature by July, 1991 on its progress in addressing complaints about the rent-control system made by property owners...