Eric Foner, the Columbia University historian, said the Strachey letters "offer a vivid firsthand account of on-the-ground British sentiment as the War of Independence progressed".
The closest to her heart was HIP (Heightened Independence & Progress), where contributions may be made, 131 Main St., Hackensack, NJ 07601.
PAGE A22 NOBEL WINNER BACKS KOSOVO STATE Former President Martti Ahtisaari of Finland, who is scheduled to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating conflicts, spoke in favor of Kosovo's claim to independence, saying "progress there was irreversible".
I wish I could be sure, like so many left-wing journalists, that the push for Scottish independence is progress.
This unholy trinity, consisting of the military in alliance with a Westernized intelligentsia and a transplanted legal system, repeatedly closes ranks to maintain dominance over a native population in the name of independence and progress.
Although media freedom and independence have progressed significantly since that time, market pressures now may pose a greater threat to media freedom.
Under Gómez, Venezuela achieved a measure of independence and economic progress.
On Friday, Mr. Khatami said his goal was to merge independence, freedom and progress with Iran's Islamic identity.
The Delhi Metro is perhaps the most ambitious urban infrastructure project since India won its independence, and its progress has been closely watched in a country facing a looming urban disaster.
Meanwhile, Mali's almost equally poor and sandy neighbour to the west, Mauritania, has had a similar success, with its first free election since independence in 1960.Political progress apart, their economies both have a very long way to go.
And without progress towards independence, more Albanians may be tempted to revert to violence there.
