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1064 matches to Alliance for Progress
Zhdanov, Andrei. 1896-1948. Russian Politburo member. Created Cominform. Restricted Soviet cultural activities.
Zoroaster. Zarathustra. c628-551BC. Persian religious reformer, founder of Zoroastrianism. World is an eternal struggle between forces of good and evil.
Zwingli, Huldrych. 1484-1531. Swiss humanist and religious reformer. Zurich Reformation 1522. Urged priests to marry. Attacked Roman mass and worship of images. Swiss Evangelical Church. Killed in Kappel Wars.
Auden, W.H. 1907-73. English/US poet/opera librettist. The Rake’s Progress 1951.
Bunyan, John. 1628-88. English Puritan author: Pilgrim’s Progress 1678.
George, Henry. 1839-97. US economist. Progress and Poverty 1879, influenced British socialism.
Hogarth, William. 1697-1764. English satirical mural painter. Founded Royal Academy 1739. Rake’s Progress 1732. Marriage à la Mode 1744. Pantheon 1764.
LaFollette, Robert. 1855-1925. US Progressive Party leader. Presidential candidate 1924.
Leo XIII. 1810-1903. Pope 1878-. Rerum Novarum 1891: right to private property. Ended opposition to scientific progress. Longest papal rule.
Progressive Conservative. 1854-. (Named 1942) Major Canadian political party. Bennet. Diefenbaker.
Progressive Party. 1912,24 Dissident US Republicans. 1948 Dissident Democrats.
Rossetti, Christina. 1830-94. English religious poet. Prince’s Progress 1866.
WPA. Works Progress Administration. 1935-43. Employed 8.5M on public works in US during Depression.
Zeno of Elea. Paradox: Arrow can never reach its target because it progresses in ever decreasing fractions of distance remaining. ½,¼... First use of dialectic reasoning.