Word: progressiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Butler and Aziz, the first time the two sides have sat down to talk weapons since last month's standoff is progress in itself. The U.N. chief says we'll know in the next couple of days whether Iraq will consent to having its 60-odd palatial compounds inspected. Peace in the Gulf ? just in time for the holidays...
KINSHASA, Congo: Madeleine Albright's gentle prodding of Congo president Laurent Kabila Friday in Kinshasa was a wish list of peacetime problems: Human rights. Political freedoms. War crimes investigations. Show progress, and the U.S. would be happy to extend its hand--and its wallet--in friendship...
Despite their different positions, however, all of the women agreed that much progress still needs to be made by women...
...Latin America, they faced the typical hyperinflation problem and they knew what they were doing," notes Harvard economics professor Gregory Mankiw. "But in Asia the prescription is far less clear." Kevin Watkins of Oxfam--an Oxford-based, nongovernment development agency--says the IMF may shortcut Asia's recent progress. "What differentiates East Asia has been its ability to create growth with equity," he says. "Now the IMF programs threaten to break that link. You may have growth, but with continued poverty...
Mechanic decided not to hide. He invited his boss, Rupert Murdoch, head of Fox's parent company, News Corp., to see where those millions of dollars were going. Titanic at this point was a four-hour work in progress. But Mechanic thought Murdoch would see that the movie--a tricky blend of action and romance--was "pretty remarkable looking...