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
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.
As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, the people of both China and the United States want to see further progress in our relations and people around the globe want to see greater prosperity in the world.
President GEORGE W. BUSH: Do you realize that economists say that as much as half of our nation's economic growth in the last half-century is directly due to technological progress, fueled by research and development, the kind of research and development you can do right here?
The digital era is unlike the first century of wireless communication, when gadgets were analog and technological progress glacial.
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
The Management of Transportation Flow is one of 100 "Icons of Progress, " significant company milestones from the last century that are being recognized during IBM's Centennial celebration.
ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool
All of that risk-laden industrial progress in the early 20th century led to unprecedented affluence for those not killed, maimed or sickened.
He began by noting progress in race relations since the first decade of the 20th century when the NAACP was founded.
Nevertheless, there had been very little progress in the world of adult education until the middle of the twentieth century.
Yet, as happened in the 19th century when industrialization made possible the greatest leap in global standards of living and longevity, such progress can also be disruptive and disorienting.
After decades of slow, steady, extraordinary progress, you are now poised to make this the century where women shape not only their own destiny but the destiny of this nation and of this world.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks at Barnard College Commencement Ceremony | The White House
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