" Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2004-05", Reserve Bank of India, 2005.

ECONOMIST: Sources and acknowledgements

Their leadership here exemplifies a larger global trend favoring progress in the Americas.

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Such progress reflects a positive trend.

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The new census data show that little progress is being made to counter this troubling trend.

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Here, then--though oversimplified for the sake of an 800-word column--is the trend of the last 30 years: Progress in big physical things has slowed down.

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Although the study is the first of its kind, conducted by Healthy People 2020 to measure the pace of progress, its results are indicative of a longer trend.

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Helen Smith, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's communications manager, said the report showed "excellent progress" and the company was determined to maintain the trend.

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As he points out, this trend is a result in the fading of blue-collar work, and not a sign of progress.

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