Word: expanding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although cuts in public spending will be a Tory hallmark, this will not apply to defense. Thatcher wants to improve Britain's nuclear deterrent force, which currently consists of four British-built submarines carrying Polaris A-3 missiles. The Conservatives want to expand the fleet to six, each carrying advanced Trident missiles bought from the U.S. Thatcher is so concerned over growing Soviet power that Tory strategists have considered the formation of a joint U.S.-European fleet based on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean...
...Telegraph and Telephone Co. (NTT). But NTT vigorously opposes foreign bidding because the company has worked closely with several Japanese suppliers in developing its computer technology, which it protects like a mother bear guarding her cubs. Yet such technology is precisely where the U.S. has an edge, and could expand in what will be a growing industry in years to come. For many American businessmen and politicians, the NTT case is a perfect example of how Japan's cartel-like industry, in alliance with major trading houses, is able to preserve its profit margins by holding sway over...
...West will be lucky if the Saudis achieve much more than half that level over the next eight years. They have been shaken by the experience of Iran, where the social strains of rapid industrial development brought on revolution. The royal family is split between moderates eager to expand...
Since satellite programming began, the industry has expanded with a rush. As recently as 1974-75, Teleprompter was losing money, and some other cable operators were also in financial trouble; they had borrowed heavily to expand after the FCC loosened regulations but got squeezed by high interest rates. Now the industry is bringing in $1.4 billion in revenue a year and posting profits high enough to catch the eye of multinational giants. General Electric has bought into a cable operator and Getty Oil into a programming company. RCA plans this December to send up another Satcom satellite that will carry...
Chitrabhanu founded the Meditation International Center in New York City in 1974 to provide an oasis of tranquillity in the city and to allow people a place to expand their consciousness of themselves and of life. Each class and program at the center is designed to harmonize mind, body and soul. Twice weekly Chitrabhanu lectures at the center--he says his talks are never planned; rather, he speaks extemporaneously as he perceives needs among his students. The center also offers courses on meditation through music, tai chi (a Chinese dance-like movement joining body and consciousness), hatha yoga and vegetarian...