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The characteristic mark of economic history under capitalism is unceasing economic progress, a steady increase in the quantity of capital goods available, and a continuous trend toward an improvement in the general standard of living.

Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses.

Seen from the point of view of the particular group interests of the bureaucrats, every measure that makes the government's payroll swell is progress.

The illusiveness of this concept of national income is to be seen in its dependence on changes in the purchasing power of the monetary unit. The more inflation progresses, the higher rises the national income.

The usual terminology of political language is stupid. What is 'left' and what is 'right'? Why should Hitler be 'right' and Stalin, his temporary friend, be 'left'? Who is 'reactionary' and who is 'progressive'? Reaction against an unwise policy is not to be condemned. And progress towards chaos is not to be commended.

Scientific research sooner or later, but inevitably, encounters something ultimately given that it cannot trace back to something else of which it would appear as the regular or necessary derivative. Scientific progress consists in pushing further back this ultimately given.

What is called economic progress is the joint effect of the activities of the three progressive groups-or classes-of the savers, the scientist-inventors, and the entrepreneurs, operating in a market economy as far as it is not sabotaged by the endeavors of the nonprogressive majority of the routinists and the public policies supported by them.

Progress is precisely that which rules and regulations did not foresee.

We haven't always played the best or had the greatest seasons, but every year here we have made progress to something bigger in some way.

We have a very young team. I was happy with the progress of our young wrestlers. A couple of kids really stepped up, and some of our new wrestlers learned a lot and have a lot of potential. They'll get better and better.

We made excellent progress in 2005 by improving our management of the distribution channel, reducing inventories throughout the supply chain and reducing our capital spending and ultimately depreciation expense.

We made it clear that time was ticking, there was a lot of progress to be done and a lot of work ahead and if there was not substantial progress quickly, major hostilities would resume.

Michael is a fantastic striker and very important for his club and for England. I hope he returns to fitness as soon as possible, and I will follow his progress closely.

Michael, just like any other student at WSU, utilized procedures in place and is currently ready to enroll for spring semester. He is eligible to participate in all football-related activities this spring once enrolled, including spring practice. Right now, we are focusing on his academic performance this spring and his progress toward a degree from WSU to ensure he is eligible in the fall.

Michael still has some way to go before returning to action but is getting stronger and stronger by the day. Progress is being made, albeit gradual progress, and neither ourselves nor England are putting him under pressure.

Midwest Builders and their subcontractors have begun to make progress on the construction of the Hampton Inn, ... The footings for the building are half poured, the grading has been started and a large number of wall sections are being pre-fabricated at other locations.

Microsoft, of course, did not progress as well as some because it did have that problem with the antitrust division with the Justice Department,

Microsoft definitely is making progress. The UI is more refined, but by no means finished. Microsoft has finally reached the point where IE feels like a modern browser.

When it comes to coal, progress is being made on reducing the CCS cost and as soon as it gets down from $100 now to around $40, the coal business will be able to say they we can deliver cheaper electricity and meet the CO2 requirements.

When it comes to global consciousness, the United States is walking the walk. And when it comes to climate change, we are making significant progress, more progress than many of those who have been most critical of us.

When it comes to spiritual truth, how can we know that we are on the right path? One way is by asking the right questions - the kind that help us ponder our progress and evaluate how things are working for us.

Whether you like it or not, progress is coming. I'd much rather have a 40-story-tall building in the middle of a piece of property with open spaces on either side for breezes and access to the beach than a five-story building built lot line to lot line like we have now where you never see the beach.

While China is making noteworthy progress in opening markets since its WTO accession, there have been restrictive shifts as well.

While current Sharper Image management is making progress with expense initiatives, the merchandise turnaround should take longer. In addition there is the possibility of further near-term disruptions with a potential takeover of the company. Therefore we remain on the sidelines.

While Delta continued to post significant losses in January, the company is making progress in stabilizing our liquidity and implementing our business plan.

We do have some tough challenges ahead. I've been pleased with the progress of this team. I think we've prepared well for these last four games. Now we have to go out and accept the challenges that lie ahead.

We don't want to lose like that in the playoffs, but we had a nice run. Progress is being made. The kids, parents and coaching staff definitely have the program going in the right direction.

We're certainly on a very limited timetable, and it's getting very late into the session. Ideally, we would have made more progress earlier. We're continuing to hope that we can have a level playing field compared to bordering states West Virginia, Indiana, and non-bordering states Iowa and Delaware.

We're closer to finding out how the pieces fit together. But it's still a work in progress. We're still trying to find that top eight and how they fit together.

We're always interested in making the system better, and I think we're making positive progress and will continue to do that.

We're a little frustrated with the progress that bargaining is taking.

We can only progress by beating historic rivals, gaining respect, rising step-by-step.

We continue to make better progress than we anticipated.

We continue to make considerable progress in our anti-terrorism and force protection program, ... Our people are better protected today than in the past.

We continue to make great progress in building the new US Airways, and today's announcements furthers that momentum. We are thrilled to welcome these employees back to a new airline that has a fresh attitude and bright future ahead of it.

We continue to make progress and negotiations continue.

We continue to make progress toward reaching pro forma operating profitability in the fourth quarter of 2001, ... This quarter, the U.S. was profitable on a pro forma operating basis for the first time, and this is our sixth sequential quarter of improved absolute pro forma operating results.

We continue to make progress with ALPA and PFAA on reaching consensual agreements.

We continue to make progress working on the system.

We continue to make solid progress in tightening our operations to ensure proper accountability and transparency.

We continue to make very good progress on executing our strategic initiatives. During the quarter we continued our plan to invest heavily in remodeling and enhancing the customer experience in our U.S. toy stores, ... We remain confident that the improvement being made will deliver substantial benefits to Toys 'R' Us beginning with this year's holiday season and will allow us to better grow and enhance our business well into the future.

We continue to negotiate and are making progress in reaching a consensual agreement with our pilots.

We continue to talk to all of them. There's been some encouraging progress.

We were making progress largely because parents and kids became more aware of the dangers.

We were making significant progress to realize the goals set some 20 years ago for an arts center that promoted the region's cultural groups and served a diverse community.

We don't concern ourselves with our record. It's all about getting better. We're not near where we need to be defensively. That's what we talked about after the game. We need to make significant progress defensively, and with the number of young guys we have, I think we're capable of doing that.

We don't feel the need to spend 13 full days here, ... I think we can make progress more quickly than that.

We hope that at the Hong Kong meeting we will make some progress in early harvest, if a comprehensive one can not be obtained.

We hope that new progress will be made in the future under the framework of the six-party talks, although we know that there would be inevitable difficulties,

We hope that one day Edison makes the progress that Cabrera has made.

We hope the Egyptian government will make continued progress toward meeting them in upcoming parliamentary elections

We hope this report will clear the fog, create a better understanding of the true challenges we face and the progress we've made.

We played great on Saturday. We are slowly making progress.

We put in a lot of late hours of practice trying to get better each day. And we are showing a lot of progress from the first game until now.

While the end markets Motorola serves continue to be weak, the company is making good progress in improving its strategic focus and in reducing its cost structure.

Wilderness preservation is one area of environmental progress where Congress could write a surprisingly impressive record of accomplishment in 2006. In state after state, ordinary citizens inspired by these successes are working hard to encourage Congress to complete action on other pending wilderness proposals.

We believe the shares of Numerical Technologies have been significantly oversold in the recent weeks given no change to the company's fundamentals and substantial progress in the company's strategic business plan. We are therefore adding the company to the Focus List in anticipation of what we believe to be strong near-term opportunities for share-price appreciation.

We believe this is a fair and responsible contract that recognizes the contributions of our CAW work force, while enhancing DaimlerChrysler Canada's overall competitiveness. Our Canadian-built vehicles are clearly industry benchmarks, and with this agreement, our Canadian operations will make significant progress in terms of competitiveness.

We are thrilled to see the number of schools offering legitimate services more than triple in the last year, and (we) remain hopeful that these partnerships will continue to flourish. At the same time, complacency looms as a constant threat to the tremendous progress we have made. As the landscape changes, so must the anti-piracy programs within the university community. There is much promise in the coming years, but our work is far from done.

We have been told that Stephen is not for sale and we'll now have to look to make progress on other midfield targets.

We had two good games this weekend and we have two games left. I'm pleased overall with the spring we've had and the progress the team has made toward what we want to accomplish in the fall with our new system. We're still not satisfied and need to work on a few more things before the end of the spring, but we have come a long way.

We've made a lot of progress in 2001 and now it's time to grow,

We've made a lot of progress this year, and we can't lose sight of that. We learned a lot about what to do and what not to do (against Omaha). That's playoff hockey, and we have to be ready and willing to compete.

We've made a lot of progress this year. I think we've earned a lot of respect.

We've made a lot of really good progress lately; things are moving along well. We're optimistic we'll be able to meet that November date.

We've made a ton of progress with it over the winter and it's down to small changes now. We're doing a lot of work with the wing right now to test it out and see how it's going to work. It has been real positive. We will keep pressing on and in '07 it will race.

We've made dramatic progress towards a school system that gives every child the opportunity for a quality education in decent facilities.

We've made excellent progress toward achieving our strategic objectives during our first full year since the leveraged buyout that took place in late October 2004.

We've made much progress in this past quarter, especially in getting our inventory more closely aligned with sales, restructuring our organization into functional operating units and putting people in key leadership roles,

We've made progress, but obviously the work is not done.

We've made progress on every important measure but there is still a long way to go. The biggest struggle is in high schools where progress is the slowest.

We've made progress on several things, but we still haven't reached the biggest items yet to be discussed.

We've made progress through the week and we have generous offers on the table.

We've made progress. We're taking it step by step.

We've made progress with our over-the-counter application process. But we are still not there yet.

We've made significant progress in funding projects throughout the region, ... We will be using MEPI money to fund our contribution ... to these two funds, the Foundation for the Future and the Fund for the Future.

We've made significant progress in funding projects throughout the region. We will be using MEPI money to fund our contribution ... to these two funds, the Foundation for the Future and the Fund for the Future.

We've made significant progress in our cost savings initiatives, with reductions in all operating expense categories, ... Hasbro's management team remains focused and the expense reduction initiatives we began last year are a major step towards our most important objective of returning as quickly as possible to the profitability levels we have had historically.

We've made significant progress on the relevancy of our results and have to invest on improving that area. The 250 number absolutely gives us the right level of depth.

We've made significant progress this year. Everyone has made progress as soccer players. It just bums me out that it's taken this long. But we know that the juniors will have the basic ideas down when they come back next season.

We've made slow progress all day because the winds have continued. Lines get repaired, but outage calls continue to come in.

We've made some progress on a lot of issues. But progress in the end is when you have a deal.

We've made some real progress. We've still got a lot to improve on, but it's getting a lot better.

We've made substantial progress in having solid finances, ... Now we need to focus on improving the team.

We've made tremendous progress. Our inexperienced post players have come long way, and our freshmen.

We've moved very deliberately. The program is both structured and measurable. Accountability is essential, so the companies and mentors must agree on measurable objectives for their work together. Quarterly progress reviews and other assessments keep the businesses on track.

We had already made a lot of progress on the project. It was nearly finished.

We had hoped to achieve greater progress towards a consensual plan during the around-the-clock negotiations that have occurred in recent days,

We had made progress in each of our first three years, and we had a better team coming back this year. But the injuries to key people have really hurt.

We got beat in the first round, but I am still encouraged that we'll go to Atlanta next weekend and get back to where our team should be. In this sport, we learn what works as much as what doesn't work. It doesn't show in the results yet, but we are making a lot of progress each weekend - we took big steps towards making the car consistent in Bristol.

Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.

Do not stand in the way of the next step in human progress. No one living who reads the signs of the times but realizes that woman suffrage must come. We are working for the ballot as a matter of justice and as a step for human betterment.

We set up a $100 million grant program that districts could apply for, ... Teachers could apply for $3,000 in extra pay if they would teach in chronically low-performing schools. It was an incentive to get good teachers into tough schools. It was a pretty good reform bill that just didn't pass, but we made progress as we went along.

If any proof were needed of the progress of the cause for which I have worked, it is here tonight. The presence on the stage of these college women, and in the audience of all those college girls who will some day be the nation's greatest strength, will tell their own story to the world.

Of all the old prejudices that cling to the hem of the woman's garments and persistently impede her progress, none holds faster than this. The idea that she owes service to a man instead of to herself, and that it is her highest duty to aid his development rather than her own, will be the last to die.

We've seen great progress in Scott throughout his two years with the Fire, so it's unfortunate that the timing of the roster deadline didn't allow us to secure a Senior Roster spot for him. He was a great young profession with our club since day one. I feel he still has a future ahead of him in MLS and wish him all the best.

The real European-African partnership should be based on promoting development and liberating the African continent from its debts, which have been preventing economic progress and depriving Africa of its equitable share in the global economy,

You are making better progress than you realize.

What we call "Progress"is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance

The popularity of March Madness On Demand is a testament to the significant progress of streaming video over the past few years.