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progressive 1. favouring or promoting political or social reform through government action, or even revolution, to improve the lot of the majority 2. denoting or relating to an educational system that allows flexibility in learning procedures, based on activities determined by the needs and capacities of the individual child, the aim of which is to integrate academic with social development 3. (of a tax or tax system) graduated so that the rate increases relative to the amount taxed 4. (esp of a disease) advancing in severity, complexity, or extent 5. (of a dance, card game, etc.) involving a regular change of partners after one figure, one game, etc. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Why else would the school board not be fighting this, when members are resisting every other reform-minded initiative that stems from City Hall? Zamanian, the student leader, says Ahmadinejad's anti-reformist campaign has led students to value the relative freedoms they had enjoyed under Iran's previous, reform-minded President. In 2005 he was pushed out of office after teacher unions led a drive against the reform-minded board members who had recruited him. |
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