Much of the progress achieved over the past century was at stake.
But in a perverse way watching "1900 House," which reminded me just how much progress we have achieved over the past century, reinforced some of my doubts about how much progress we can expect in the future.
Unfortunately, it still has its work cut out.Presumed guiltyWhen you consider what liberal capitalism has achieved over the past century and a half, not to mention the record of its rivals, the fact that its virtues and its very legitimacy remain so contested is surely remarkable.
He took charge of a sub-group that established far-sighted objectives, such as the removal of homosexuality from the World Health Organisation classification of diseases, for sexual orientation discrimination to be prohibited under the European convention on human rights, and for a European law to prevent discrimination in employment; all were achieved over the next quarter of a century.
Everything can be achieved over wireless networks.
Like their ancestors, contemporary Mandeans were able to survive as a community because of the delicate balance achieved among Iraq's many peoples over centuries of cohabitation.
Walking on an unseasonably hot late-October morning from Borough tube station to my former picnic spot, I was struck by the way the radical transformation of the area has been achieved incrementally over the last quarter-century: the years pass, brickwork is repointed, newbuilds go up, plate glass shines, bridges wobble across the Thames, and suddenly, hey presto!
What does it mean when we move away from a one-way dissemination of information, achieved by editorial processes which had been honed over centuries?
As some Kurds see it, the historical roots of their oppression stretch back centuries, to the exploits of a Muslim Kurdish warrior named Saladin, the first sultan of Egypt, who achieved victory over European crusaders in the 12th century.
