Word: progressively
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...mankind would be if the victorious peoples in each of the two world wars had not been willing to undergo the sacrifices which were the price of victory. I have always believed that the long view of man's history will show that his destiny on earth is progress toward the good life, even though that progress is based on sacrifices and sufferings which taken by themselves seem to constitute a hideous mélange of evils...
Clay apparently is well satisfied with the Allies' ensuing efforts to establish a free Western German state. He writes of the progress made, in the U. S. zone in particular, in inculcating a sense of freedom among the Germans, reinstating a just legal system, and reforming education. These are the areas of administration in which the Military Government was most criticized during 1945-50. Clay flicks of these criticisms glibly. This confirms an impression the book gives that it is an endorsement rather than a study of U. S. policy in action in Germany...
...seven-year-old radio station will take time out to sip tea with Annex administrators and other friends of the group, who have pushed its progress through its short life. "No special program will be broadcast," Elizabeth Bibber '52, business manager, said yesterday. "In fact, the exact date of our 1000th birthday is hard to determine, but we know it was sometime this week," she added...
...member of the 94-year-old playwright's staff said: "He is much weaker." Shaw's fever is believed caused by a kidney aliment. After his accident in November he underwent a minor operation for relief. He was returned October 4 from the hospital to his home. His progress had appeared good, but he suffered a relapse Sunday...
This is a good example of what the Social Sciences people like to call Cultural Lag--man's inability to keep up with his technical progress. The smooth conviction of the Times' debate shows that lag quite neatly. For it relegates our collective death to the science column, to a question of costs, industrial potential, and mechanics. It is a hell of a place...