• Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and 1965 looked like a transformative president as a result of civil rights progress and the Great Society.

    CNN: Commentary: What the Iraq mission cost Bush

  • Addressing an audience that included current and past British prime ministers, Suu Kyi appealed for "practical help" from Britain in the days to come, saying international aid can help give her people a better life through education and training, as well as supporting civil and economic progress.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Their leaders describe it as a step forward in an inexorable progress towards civil marriages and the disestablishment of Orthodoxy in Israel.

    ECONOMIST: First-and second-class Jews | The

  • He specifically highlighted the encouraging progress in civil society involvement and the Fast-Track initiative, which will be one of the pillars of the EFA movement.

    UNESCO: Bulletin on EFA action worldwide No.45

  • The Obama administration and civil rights groups acknowledge progress in combating discrimination against African Americans and other minority groups, but argue Congress was justified in extending the provision in 2006.

    BBC: US top court hears landmark voting measure challenge

  • It complained about a lack of leadership on the issue, adding that a high turnover of ministers and civil servants was also hindering progress.

    BBC: Call for new drug policy research body

  • The conference will gather together representatives of the media, governmental bodies, academia and civil society to discuss the progress and challenges of right to information in Latin America.

    UNESCO: Celebration of World Press Freedom Day

  • President Andres Pastrana, who was elected on the promise that he would negotiate a solution to the country's 37-year civil conflict, is desperate for progress.

    BBC: Colombia rebels in Christmas truce

  • But in the world's biggest civil-aviation markets we could accelerate progress substantially with a genuine liberalising deal between America and the European Union.

    ECONOMIST: Schools and the state

  • We tend in this town to spend most of our time focusing on what we don't agree on, and I think, as I said earlier, the model of a lame duck session where people can have a civil conversation sitting at the same table making progress on issues is I think what the American people are looking for.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • But she added that if the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) did not make progress towards a global deal by this time next year the European tax would be reintroduced.

    BBC: EU suspends extension of plane emissions trading rules

  • Although such realignments are fairly common in Sri Lanka, the current epidemic of political manoeuvring renders the immediate prospects for stability, or for progress towards a negotiated solution to the civil conflict, unpromising in the extreme.

    ECONOMIST: Wobbly Sri Lanka | The

  • He believes that black Americans made a great historical error in the 1960s when they relaxed their campaign for civil rights and integration at the first sign of progress, turning their back in many cases on the "blacks only" hotels and restaurants which had sustained them during segregation in favour of the businesses which were newly opening to them.

    BBC: Black Washington looks to Obama

  • Across this country, Americans are struggling, and few more than African Americans -- those very same inheritors of progress sown by Dr. King and the civil rights movement.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama at the "Let Freedom Ring" Concert

  • To prevent that from happening, it is vital that Tunisia remains committed to the process begun two years ago, she said, with the country's political parties, media and civil society coming together to safeguard the freedoms and democratic progress won by the people.

    CNN: Tunisia gripped by political uncertainty after killing

  • If the Conservatives, or indeed the Liberal Democrats, were offering an alternative government likely to combine superior fiscal management, fewer burdens on business, liberal policies on immigration and civil liberties, and a foreign policy geared toward further progress in the Middle East and a constructively critical approach to the European Union, The Economist would switch its endorsement.

    ECONOMIST: Our British election endorsement

  • Though there has been a rise in the number of civil-society groups trying to pick up the pieces, progress is marked in baby-steps.

    ECONOMIST: Social change in Japan

  • It was also supported by Colin Kniveton, an Isle of Man senior civil servant, who worked in the island for four months to progress the review's recommendation.

    BBC: Sark civil servant post to be discussed again

  • But we do need to make sure that as we send support for them, that this is tied to them making progress on matters that would lead them to becoming a civil society.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Specifically, the troika is looking into whether Greece is making progress on a promise to reduce substantially the size of its civil service.

    BBC: Troika: Greece makes 'progress' but 'issues' remain

  • 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

  • He said progress was not being made at the pace he wanted, but insisted civil servants themselves also wanted to see change.

    BBC: Francis Maude: Ministers sometimes left in the dark

  • This includes working with the international community to keep education high on the list of global development priorities, monitoring progress on education goals, fostering partnerships between Member States, schools, higher education institutions and civil society and strengthening the capacity of countries to offer quality education.

    UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Education

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