Mr. Ward said the city's efforts to work with the upstate communities have progressed well beyond the original agreement.

Our own efforts to solve the mystery of a human who is clearly not human have not progressed.

This effort would progress most rapidly if an organization such as the International Press Institute or a university center for Chinese studies would take it on.

Keep in mind that no intelligence agency thought that Iraq's efforts had progressed to the point of building an enrichment facility or making fissile material.

But Mr. Fitzwater and others said the effort had not progressed beyond a general sense that the White House and the Bush campaign must address the problem.

Meanwhile, efforts to restore Alliance to fighting trim progressed slowly - when they moved at all - because of a dearth of both men and money.

But he said efforts to deliver food, medicine and other aid were progressing well.

By this point the 2229 effort had progressed to detail design.

Although globalization has been a buzzword in the financial world for several years, efforts for 24-hour stock trading have not progressed far.

Miles Kulukundis, the association's chairman, said in a statement that efforts to provide the independent owners with the means to get the Federal approvals were "progressing well."