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Not exactly progressive.
In context, the three stanzas were, if not exactly progressive, unsurprisingly patriotic.
It's bracingly modern, with fitted kitchens, free-flowing living areas and a new Mini in the garage, though its name wasn't exactly progressive: it's called Her House.
Puccini, something of a musical magpie, and not exactly progressive, nevertheless had his finger on the pulse of the 20th century to an astonishing degree – sentimentality, cruelty, hedonistic abandon, alienation.
"Bayer management is not exactly progressive," says Guido Dette, the head of investments at Gerling Insurance in Cologne.
There's an argument to be made, therefore, that while most mainstream dating apps aren't exactly progressive spaces (look, for example, at the unacceptable experiences of some trans people on Tinder), they have made some subtle changes to how younger people approach gendered interactions as they date.
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With a pending UN high-level panel report on post-2015 developmenthathas has to be signed off by the not-exactly-progressive British prime minister, David Cameron, who is one of the panel's co-chairs, you might be concerned the outcome will be a lowest common denominator mish mash that will please everyone and no one.
And this is exactly what progressive businesses are starting to do.
Rudy Klapper of Sputnikmusic commented the song "isn't exactly the progressive stylings of a Janelle Monae [sic], but damn if it's not catchy and interesting".
Impress who? thinking like yours is exactly why progressive movements don't get anywhere fast....It may not be ideal or how you think things should be, but appearances matter, and they matter a lot in this country.
So, what exactly do progressives gain out of this Grand Bargain?
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