Word: progressives
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...setting up their new power plants. “The greatest obstacle to energy independence in India is the lack of political will needed to get decisions made faster,” Menon said in an interview. “Everyone in India knows that we need swift progress,” he added. “But when it comes to facilitating projects, problems come up in the government, and that same speed that is necessary doesn’t take place.” Another popular panels focused on India’s current macroeconomic state. Tushar Poddar...
Perhaps what is worst of all about Proposition 300 is that it is just one of a slew of measures like it, in which education policy is being used as a bar on societal progress and equality. American educators must work hard to curb this dangerous co-opting before the entire system is in trouble...
There is a charged atmosphere in the scientific community today—and not just among electrical engineers. A host of innovations, particularly those in the biological sciences, are generating a great deal of excitement. Yet White House antagonism may threaten the realization of practical progress. In the current budget proposal, submitted by President George W. Bush and now appearing before congress, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be provided nominal funding at last year’s level. With inflation, this effectively represents a decrease in the real value of funding to the NIH. This perverse budgetary approach...
...selected for the Tournament, at least two automatic bids will be doled out to teams that currently stand outside of the PWR’s top 16, leaving the Crimson on the outside looking in. While it’s tough to predict exactly how far Harvard needs to progress in the ECAC playoffs to earn an at-large bid, one thing is clear: if the Crimson doesn’t win this weekend, it can expect a second consecutive year with a spring break away from the rink...
...committee then discussed ways to improve midterm grade reports, a little known practice in which faculty are expected, but not required, to report on their students’ progress midway through the semester. This allows resident deans, who often know the bigger picture about a student, to discuss problems with students early...