Cipolla's words were a comic twist on the observation that society makes progress despite excessive pessimism and abundant stupidity.
The Humane Society tracks progress through a growing list of designers and companies that have adopted fur-free policies.
It's called subtle sexism, and it unravels the tremendous progress society has made toward the goal of gender equality.
The free market was responsible for creating wealth and progress in society and any hindrance to market forces was a hindrance of human progress.
After spending time in China and asking businesspersons and government officials about all of these issues, Malkiel came away with the impression that the society is making progress on all fronts and will be able to manage them.
If this works, we can rapidly accelerate the progress of society and the world.
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Hamilton and his successors recognized that a firm dollar was an essential foundation for a lawful society and for economic progress.
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.
Confrontational racism was kept to a minimum, but the programme has helped bring issues to the surface - issues that Carl Fischer believes need to sorted out if society is going to progress.
Of course, progress in our society has not always come without tensions, or struggles to overcome a painful past.
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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.
Horn posited that the automation of things--starting with biological processes and continuing up to factory assembly lines--has consistently been the foundation for progress in human society.
Despite huge progress, our society is not a post-feminist era.
We need also to realise that peaceful and steady progress in our society of differing cultures and heritage can be threatened at any moment by the actions of extremists at home or by events abroad.
Whichever theory you think is right, with the No Glass Ceilings motif index, which returned 10.1% year to date, you get a litmus test for this tectonic sociological shift occurring in our society and economy through the progress of 19 companies currently headed by female chief executives.
TechWomen is proof indeed that we can forge progress when all of society is included.
Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and 1965 looked like a transformative president as a result of civil rights progress and the Great Society.
"Through these three programmes, the European Union is providing Northern Ireland with real opportunities to develop its economic potential and competitiveness, to improve the situation of its border regions, and to make further progress towards a peaceful society, " she said.
Ms Villiers said it was important for all politicians to be forthright in condemning violence and calling for real progress on building a shared society.
"All of these efforts will build on the progress we have made as a society since the Americans with Disabilities Act became law, " said Bush.
While this progress is beneficial to women and society, it falls short in that women are primarily achieving success within existing systems rather than pioneering new ones.
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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.
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.
Yet neither tells us much about English society, the state of the country, or the progress of the Reformation, although Mr Wilson does briefly mention Ireland.
This remarkable achievement shines a light on the extraordinary scientific progress being made in the United States to empower society with the tools to solve important challenges and unleash new possibilities for the future.
McCamant notes the upbeat mood at last week's American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, where several companies reported progress in development and testing and says several companies are on the verge of marketing potentially "blockbuster" drugs.
Mr Hollande told his cabinet that the bill would mean "progress not only for individuals but for the whole of society".
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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.
Efforts to evaluate the impacts of corporate activities vis-a-vis on society and the environmental have been numerous and uncoordinated, although there has been recent progress.
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