But progress was slow, not least because many residents objected to new sites.

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Progress may be slow--measured in inches and feet, not miles--but we will progress.

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At worst it will slow or temporarily detour progress, but it will not stop it.

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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.

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