The muted celebration of progress was tempered -- as are all events at the trade center site -- by the inescapable shadow of 2,749 lost lives, including that of Officer Clinton Davis of the Port Authority Police Department, whose 13-year-old son, Julian, read a brief portion of the Declaration of Independence from the dais.
The Gene is a frank celebration of progress – the immense and extraordinarily rapid increase of our knowledge of what genes are and how they work – but Mukherjee is concerned about what that knowledge is doing and about some unsatisfactory ways in which many of us are now encouraged to think about our genes and ourselves.
However, the Democratic National Convention, and its all-star lineup of speakers, projected a glimmering optimism and celebration of progress that was dissonant, even misaligned, with a reality in much of America — particularly the electorally crucial Rust Belt — that was much more dim.
The dominant frame in 61% of stories was a celebration of progress, followed by human-interest in 30% of stories.
The dominant frame in 61% of all stories was a celebration of progress in research with no significant difference in framing across countries.
Coverage in all three countries focused on human-interest stories, dominant framing as a "celebration of progress", and had limited discussion of risks, research design, conflicts-of-interest, funding sources, and research timelines.
While newspaper articles, especially those with longer format, may have more than one frame, in our dataset, the dominant frame was a "celebration of progress", which was consistent with other novel medical biotechnologies [ 19, 32].
For example, GHS leaders have involved local officials in CHPS-sponsored celebrationslebratiofs of implementation progress, linking popular support for CHPS to the political aspirations of elected officials.
"The square is a theatre, a celebration of human progress and achievement," said Coates.
It will include a big celebration of the progress that has been made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted in 2000 almost certainly a bigger celebration than the uneven results merit.
