11.   Americans could endure the most dire poverty if they felt they were making some progress toward climbing to the top of the pyramid.

12.   An Asian diplomat close to the negotiations called the cease-fire the first real progress toward peace since the coup.

13.   And a stable China was supposed to broaden its ties with the West and deepen its progress toward a modern market economy.

14.   And Amtrak has made substantial progress toward that goal, says the General Accounting Office.

15.   And he made it clear that the owners want to have either a collective bargaining agreement or substantive progress toward one before they start playing games.

16.   And since local authorities often own stakes in these mini-ventures, they erect protective barriers that hinder progress toward a national auto market.

17.   And so the creation of the Senate and the House of Representatives, they argued, were the areas where real progress toward democratization had been made.

18.   And the measures mark no progress toward settling the bigger battle over balancing the budget that has roiled Washington all year.

19.   Another round of bloodshed and recriminations clouded the prospects for progress toward peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

20.   And, without any disclaimer, all progress toward this end is worthy of celebration.