Word: expansionism
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Proboscis monkeys are not the park's only drawcard. There are long-tailed macaques, shy silver-leaf monkeys, bearded pigs and grass-green whip snakes. But although this enclave bursts with color, the land beyond is becoming increasingly monochromatic. Massive palm-tree plantations are destroying Borneo's habitats. The proboscis...
At this point, Cepia is just trying to keep up with demand. Hornsby is currently in China overseeing an expansion of the company's production capacity. Over the past few months, Cepia has opened three new factories in the Shenzhen area, which now gives the company four facilities. Not that...
The planning committee of the Jerusalem Municipality last week approved the expansion of Gilo, an Israeli suburb that straddles the pre-1967 West Bank border. The decision threatens to cover the green valley that includes Wallajeh with a new housing development. That would destroy Abed-Rabbo's dream of returning...
Among the projects that FDR's spending paid for was the Current Population Survey, which has measured unemployment every month since March 1940. The process - which aside from computerization and expansion has not fundamentally changed over the years - centers on interviews with a rotating sampling of 60,000 households. Workers...
After the recent release of the University’s Library Task Force Report, some humanities professors and graduate students have expressed concern over the document’s suggestion that the Harvard University library system may need to limit future expansion.