>Raymond Williams, in his entry on the term "progressive" in
>_Keywords_, says that "In its most general and improving sense it is
>an adjective applied, by themselves, to virtually all proposals of
>all parties. . . . It is certainly significant that nearly all
>political tendencies now wish to be described as *progressive* . .
>." (245).
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