The standard of justice, the telos of progress, is hotly contested, so it begs some big questions to take one as given when tallying the costs of competing creeds.
Although in July 2002 Zhenis Astana took the lead after eight minutes away to the Moldovan side Sheriff in the first European tie contested by a Kazakh club, progress has been slow.
In Ghana, Obama spoke of the benefits of "peaceful transfers of power even in the wake of closely contested elections," and said, "This progress may lack the drama of the twentieth century's liberation struggles, but make no mistake: it will ultimately be more significant".
Failure to beat North Korea - the lowest ranked team in the tournament - would have been a big blow to Uzbekistan's chances of progressing from the tightly contested Group B, which also includes China and Saudi Arabia.
In all 28 swimming events that have been contested continuously since 1968, the rate of progress has been almost exactly the same.
All involve ties between historical identity and contested land, issues so difficult that negotiators seeking progress tend to put them aside, hoping to address them later, once mutual trust has been built on the resolution of less basic disagreements.
The following week, he responded with a 33 disposal semi final performance including a game high 12 contested possessions and career high 11 clearances to help Geelong defeat Fremantle and progress to the preliminary final for the fourth consecutive season.
In addition, by focusing on realistic and tangible goals in each of the social sectors, the mechanisms have generally avoided the highly contested issues surrounding control of external funding and been able to demonstrate much more progress, more quickly than other components of the Medium-Term Plan or the overall aid coordination mechanism.
St. Johnstone progressed through four knock-out rounds to reach the final whilst Dunfermline Athletic contested only three after receiving a random bye into the second round.
At current rates of progress, the new date of 2006 looks ambitious.The value of the tests is much contested.
If there is not some tangible progress with America's economy by 2010 President Obama will be a drag on many Democrats in tightly contested districts.
