Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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NASA's assumption was based on OAO-II's report of unexpectedly powerful ultraviolet radiation from half a dozen nearby galaxies. If this is true, NASA scientists reasoned, distant galaxies probably give off large amounts of the same invisible radiation. But those galaxies are receding from the earth...
> The longest U.S. economic expansion begins-an eight-year advance, 1961.
Not by Profit Alone. Clausen's main challenge will be continuing the bank's phenomenal expansion. During Peterson's six-year tenure, assets have risen from $14.7 billion to more than $25 billion, and the number of foreign branches has expanded from 44 in 1966 to 96...
Western scientists were frankly skeptical. Russian Chemists N. Fedyakin and Boris Deryagin claimed to have produced a mysterious new substance, a form of water that was so stable it boiled only at about 1,000°F., or five times the boiling temperature of natural water. It did not evaporate...
The Federal Reserve tinkers constantly with the money stock, much to the distaste of Friedman, who advocates a policy of moderate, steady expansion. For example, the board expands the supply during periods of peak demand, as it did to an extreme degree to help the Treasury finance its huge deficit...