Word: expanding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nickel a pop. Oilman J.W. Bowen of Odessa, Texas, gave away 4,000 of the suckers at a convention. "It was a gimmick that really worked," says Bowen. Chevron Chemical Co. has ordered 1 million, with advertising slogans printed on the wrappers. Lewis already has plans to expand-into jalapeño ice cream this spring...
AMERICANS, however, must exercise cautious optimism in evaluating the benefits of expanding contacts with China. While some analysts argue that the decision was primarily economically motivated, businessmen must not develop overinflated views of the China market. China is still a poor and underdeveloped nation and while scientific and technological exchange opportunities will no doubt expand, there are few indications that she will enter the world markets on a scale that some overeager investors envision...
...technology just beginning to emerge from the labs. In five years, computers will be at least twice as fast and capacious as they are today; new airline navigation projects will make travel much safer. Most important, says Lyet, there is large opportunity, fed by need, for U.S. companies to expand exports...
...surest way to expand exports, says he, is to sell more to the developing countries. "The new frontiers, the fastest-growing markets are there. We are in a helluva struggle with the Germans, the Japanese and others for those markets. We desperately need the minerals and the resources of the developing countries. We need to find new forms of enterprise, new methods of operating, some innovative approaches that will answer their needs as well as our needs...
...MacDonald's, Inc., announces that it will expand its operations into mainland China at the beginning of April. Ray Kroc, the owner of the chain, reveals that in keeping "with the organization's tradition of offering regional specialties," the Chinese outlets will begin serving Egg McRolls and Big Maos...