Word: progressism
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...brought to court for throwing rocks through a train-station window, he was interviewed by a juvenile counselor. Startled by the young vandal's command of Gorky, Conrad and Steinbeck, the counselor eventually referred Sinclair to a copy-boy position at Wellington's Evening Post. From there, his progress through the newspaper world of New Zealand and Australia was buccaneering: sleeping rough on Queensland's Gold Coast after turning up drunk and late for a job on the Courier-Mail; moving in, at the age of 19, with a thirtyish American stripper named Melodie ("She taught...
...longer at the forefront of the U.S. political debate, it has upended the lives of a generation of Iraqis, in ways both hopeful and tragic. In Phoenix, Khattab brings home new English phrases he learns every day in second grade at Sahuaro Elementary School. "Khattab is showing great progress and learning the language very quickly," his teacher wrote on his midterm report last month. After his first week of school, he figured out that to fit in, he would need an Arizona Cardinals hat. When I saw him recently, he was asking "What's up?" over and over again. Then...
...ever, UNICEF has reported that the number of child deaths for the year has fallen below 10 million. Fifteen of the least developed countries have reduced the under-5 mortality rate 40% or more since 1990, thanks to vaccines, health education, mosquito nets and a little vitamin A. Global progress at a glance...
...Council president. Europeans shouldn't expect concordance overnight - even if it passes, the carbon cuts called for in the Senate bill fall short of what the E.U. has been pushing for itself. But at the very least, the next U.N. climate-change conference might feature fewer catcalls - and more progress...
...disorienting comity isn't just talk. In response to the rising chances of recession this year, President Bush is readying a $150 billion stimulus package that will include tax rebate checks to a large swath of American taxpayers. And while election year politics rarely produce bipartisan progress, with the economy sputtering and even the staid Fed chief Ben Bernanke supporting the idea of an immediate cash infusion, Bush's arch-enemies on the Hill are backing his proposal...