Through a century of progress and struggle, we have stood together, in good times and in bad.
Women in large swaths of the U.S. are dying younger than they were a generation ago, reversing nearly a century of progress in public health and underscoring the rising toll of smoking and record obesity.
On Bill of Rights Day, we celebrate the liberties secured by our forebears, pay tribute to all who have fought to protect and expand our civil rights, and rededicate ourselves to driving a new century of American progress.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- Bill of Rights Day, 2012
But repositioning the US for the 21st Century is a work in progress, and events always overtake plans and strategies.
Yet 19th-century technological progress also had a second, contrasting effect on automata.
If prices are falling because of advancing productivity, as at the end of the 19th century, it is a sign of progress, not economic collapse.
In America, particularly after the Great Awakening in the mid-18th century, it was a potent force for progress, an ally against statism and hierarchy.
"It will go a long way toward ensuring our leadership for progress and prosperity in the 21st century world, " Clinton said after lawmakers agreed to free up the funding.
Now, I've said this before, I'll repeat it again -- it's not for me to tell you to be patient, any more than it was for others to counsel patience to African Americans petitioning for equal rights half a century ago. (Applause.) But I will say this: We have made progress and we will make more.
The RESTORE Act, which was signed into law as part of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (Public Law 112-141), established a mechanism for providing funding to the Gulf region to restore ecosystems and rebuild local economies damaged by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order -- Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration
There is no denying, however, that progress has been made in resolving a conflict that has lasted on and off for half a century.
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