In the nineteen-twenties and thirties, more idealistic progressives, influenced by Rousseau as well as by Dewey, celebrated childhood as a state of natural wonderment; they focussed on school as a living experience, a place of freedom, where activities emerged from a child's interests rather than from set academic subjects imposed on him.
The generation gap has recently become far more apparent – due, I believe, to the progressive influence stemming from our generation's second home, the internet.
So it assumed that the best way of reducing progressive influence on the Turkish-speaking community in Thrace would be to extend the powers of sharia law".
Roger Parsons, Athens, Tenn.: Can you or Rodney Stark explain how the Catholic Church has been a progressive influence in the economic development of Central and South America?
There is no doubt that the Ayatollah Fadlallah was a modernising and progressive influence in Islam, much more "modern" than many of his Christian counterparts.
It is probably significant to his development that his mother's former guardian, Artamon Sergeyevich Matveyev, had raised her in an atmosphere open to progressive influences from the West.
He will need the courage of his convictions, as a progressive influence in an opaque system pivoted by the absolute power of the new Emir.
Garland has had plenty of opportunity to wield similar progressive influence as chief judge of the DC appeals circuit which, given its location, frequently acts as arbiter in major cases concerning the federal government.
The Rev. Leon H. Sullivan of Philadelphia, the framer of the Sullivan Principles, a code of corporate conduct in South Africa, said that Mr. Oppenheimer "has been a force for good, a progressive influence in South Africa, far beyond the vast majority of business leaders in that country".
Mr. Lindner, a smart, rhythmic pianist who brings together bop, Cuban and all sorts of progressive influences, has become a regular feature at this club; this particular group includes a rare sighting around here of the saxophonist Jimmy Vass, a little-known jazz elder from Philadelphia.
With some grant money, this fertile new club has started a 'Composers' Series,' and the inaugural performance of the series will be by the young pianist Mr. Lindner, a smart, rhythmic player who brings together bop, Cuban, and all sorts of progressive influences.
