New York, which invalidated a state maximum hour law that Progressive forces at the time ardently embraced.

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The league pledged solidarity with the dismissed workers and called upon "all progressive forces" to support the call for their immediate return.

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"He's got a very strong social-justice position that will be much appreciated by the more progressive forces in the church, " said Virginia Garrard-Burnett, professor of history and religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

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As the commission tackled the question again, progressive and conservative bloggers joined forces to avoid regulation.

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Disarmament of paramilitary groups is meant to happen in parallel with the establishment of new political structures and a wide-ranging reform of policing, equality measures and criminal justice, which would also include the progressive disarmament of the security forces.

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