They will take note of modest progress on almost every bilateral issue, apart from the one that really matters: the disputed territory of Kashmir.
"These are complicated issues, but we made progress on almost all of the central issues," Pompeo said before boarding a plane to depart North Korea, according to a pool report.
But considering how few performances the Farrell troupe gives, and comparing his progress with that of almost any other American ballet dancer of his generation, you feel the excitement of what this company can bring.
Duncan Drasdo, chief executive of the Manchester United Supporters Trust, who has been watching Neville's progress for almost three decades, is not surprised.
While all this was going on, the progress of Kyle Edmund went almost unnoticed on Court No6, where he played some excellent tennis to defeat the Georgian qualifier Nikolo Basilashvili 7-6, 6-7, 7-5, 6-1.
It is considered progress of sorts that almost no one would be happy to be called racist, but if all that amounts to is the obligation to preface racist statements with "I'm not a racist, but…", what kind of progress is this?
The rush at the university's gates, two days after the governing African National Congress celebrated its centennial in a lavish, weekend-long party, underscored the deep frustration many people here have with the slow pace of progress almost 18 years after the end of white minority rule.
In the face of endless statistics showing the rapid decline of whatever illusory semblance of progress blacks imagined, such signs of progress have almost evaporated in less than a decade.
Christopher Ward, the new executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, broke the grim news on Monday with what he called a "cleareyed assessment" of progress almost seven years after the attack.
Alf Dubs, who was brought to Britain as part of the Kindertransport scheme in 1939, said he feels "utterly depressed by the lack of progress" almost three months after the government's clear commitment to help child refugees travelling alone in Europe to find shelter in the UK.
