Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Hardly anyone bothers to deny it. After a record eight years of peacetime economic expansion, the most widely predicted recession in recent U.S. history is finally at hand. No longer confined to the beaten-down Northeast, the slump has brought hard times for many Americans, ranging from Boston bankers to...
For more than 40 years, the best antidote to isolationism was the invocation of the Red Menace. When Harry Truman wanted to send troops to Korea and Ronald Reagan decided to invade Grenada, all they had to do was suggest they were stopping the expansion of communism. There was already...
For the second time in seven years, a financial downdraft swept Continental Airlines into bankruptcy court last week. Faced with rising fuel costs and $2.2 billion of debt incurred under Frank Lorenzo, the airline's expansion- minded former boss, Continental filed for protection while it prepares a repayment plan. "We...
Such an expansion of privileges would not be without precedent. Dentists and podiatrists have always prescribed some medications. And other non-M.D.s, including pharmacists, physician's assistants and nurse practitioners (registered nurses with some advanced training) have been granted at least limited privileges -- either for a restricted number of...
But once the Faculty agrees on which proposals it supports, it must deal with another tough issue--finding the money to fund the programs. Professors expect an expansion of work abroad opportunities and the establishment of a new concentration to incur significant costs.