Humor is inevitable — for example, the cartoon of a man struggling to convince himself he is progressing in stopped traffic — but there is also music, some of it good.
Usually this is the domain of the progressive side of politics, with the assumption that "history" is progressing in a certain direction, and that human society is achieving greater and deeper enlightenment year by year.
Looking beyond the emergency, the province's reconstruction is progressing in a haphazard way.
Today's labour market report confirms that the labour market is progressing in the right direction, albeit at a slow pace.
Instead, the war is progressing in slow motion, in small battles over one patch of the city at a time.
"This is not to advocate a big bang approach, but you do get the feeling that the programme is progressing in fits and starts," he said.
But Trump-style populism and nationalism is a transatlantic threat, and we should keep an eye on how it is progressing in other countries.
Returns Apparently Near Orlando Hernandez, coming back from a strained elbow, is progressing in his rehabilitation and is expected to throw to hitters in Tampa, Fla., on Friday.
It will give me an opportunity to hear from the president as to how economic and political development is progressing in China".
"So far, he has done particularly well, he has really filled out in the right places and is progressing in quite an impressive manner for such a short period of time of rest.
I visited the Distrito Federal last week after a seven-month absence; the city is progressing in myriad ways, while still retaining the chaos that prompts residents to call it Defectuoso Federal.
