retrogress

Atwood's "mad scientist", Crake, a geneticist, creates new beings, the Crakers, who, deprived of some human features, are placed on a new evolutionary path, having "devolved", retrogressed in terms of evolution, but also, potentially, "improved" as far as the benefits for humanity and the planet are concerned, according to a eugenicist logic.

Associated with both types of amphibolites there are lenses of rocks that are interpreted as retrogressed eclogites.

"President Park has been disappointed at the passive attitude of the Cabinet led by Abe on resolving the issue of former 'comfort women' and has not shown trust in issues related to the past history and even retrogressed," the source was quoted as saying.

Citing a diplomatic source, the daily said, "President Park has been disappointed at the passive attitude of the Cabinet led by Abe on resolving the issue of former 'comfort women' and has not shown trust in issues related to the past history and even retrogressed."

To the extent that there is agreement among different analysts, it is that (a) limited political reforms have stagnated and even retrogressed since the fourth Plenary Session of September 2009; and (b) significant political reform is needed in the not-too-distant future.

As soon as I left it, all retrogressed, and my work for 29 years is nil." (31) He remained in Providence where he served as the pastor of the historic First Baptist Church and stayed active in civic and denominational life until his death on September 30, 1865.

However, it is also true that the targeting of certain religious groups specifically exposes the large extent to which social conscience has retrogressed away from the state, and subsequently, this underscores the difficulty in it being restored, in its sense as a guarantor of equality among the citizens, most importantly the right to freedom of belief.

Retrogression and Water Level Variation: Feasibility Report Taunsa Barrage (2005) noted that the tail water level retrogressed by about 4 ft and 7 ft, under gated and ungated flow, respectively.

As much as we may have retrogressed in some fields (e.g., domestic and international politics, in my view), technology has never let us down in keeping life stimulating, intriguing, and ultimately satisfying.

(18) On July 2, 2007, however, the State Department issued an Update to July Visa Availability that retrogressed the dates to the point of being "unavailable." The State Department offered the following explanation: "The sudden backlog reduction efforts by Citizenship and Immigration Services Offices during the past month have resulted in the use of almost 60,000 Employment numbers....

"From a load shedding schedule [which started in August 2006] of 12 hours light-off every five days, we have retrogressed to a 12-hour light-off every other day and are currently being subjected to a 15-hour lights-off every other day even though this latest move has not been officially announced," the CJA said.