21.   Then again, it is often disappointing to realize that mankind often shows signs of having made little progress since ancient times.

22.   We have made some progress since then.

23.   Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have failed to make any progress since March last year when Israel began building a Jewish settlement in traditionally Arab east Jerusalem.

24.   A special meeting of the U.N. General Assembly here is looking at progress since a summit on poverty in Copenhagen five years ago.

25.   But it also showed that bill opponents had made progress since last year, when all but two members of the committee supported a ban.

26.   But Tokyo and Moscow have been unable to make any specific progress since then.

27.   Continuing hostility between the two sides has long stymied the peace process that has made no progress since last May.

28.   Despite major differences that continue to divide them, Russian and Chechen negotiators have made progress since their peace talks began two weeks ago.

29.   During the meetings, Athens organizers presented an update of their progress since being awarded the games two years ago.

30.   Efforts to free the hostages, who include Japanese businessmen and Peruvian judges, ministers and police generals, have made little progress since then.