Word: progressiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...progress, if there is such a thing, cannot come simply by attempting to artificially create a new person, a heaven on earth or a perfect welfare state. These can never replace humane attitudes towards others. The willingness to make personal sacrifices for the good of all, along with a social ethic that encourages that willingness, is the only path to true social justice...
...There's got to be an adjustment process on both sides to keep it peaceful," said Kerry. He added that de Klerk must now set a timetable for talks and agree with Black leaders on deadline dates for progress on ending Apartheid...
AUNIVERSITY should devote itself to the ideals of free speech at all times, because academic inquiry and community discussion need to progress unfettered by bureaucratic constraint or other artificial limits...
...results will be reported. But given the controversy surrounding national standards and student testing, the fact that the President embraced the notion at all was remarkable. "To superimpose some norms would be radical," says Chester Finn, chairman of the governing board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (N.A.E.P.), a 20-year-old federal testing program. "To expand it to everyone would be revolutionary...
...understanding just how tricky the job is, I am delighted that she is learning the political landscape before she sets off the land mines. I think she deserves a great deal of credit, help and as much time as she needs as a "newcomer"--in order to make lasting progress here. Ellen Hume '68 Executive Director, Barone Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy