Word: expand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Johnson's idea was to expand previous plans and set up an eight-man special select committee (four Democrats, four Republicans) and he quickly convinced the Democratic Policy Committee. Almost as quickly he named his team: Tennessee's Albert Gore (probable chairman), Massachusetts' John Kennedy, Arkansas' John McClellan, New Mexico's Clinton Anderson. Minority Leader Bill Knowland readily agreed to the Johnson plan. For the Republicans Knowland named New Hampshire's Styles Bridges, Minnesota's Ed Thye, Connecticut's William Purtell and Arizona's Barry Goldwater. The Senate approved the select...
LUFTHANSA, the West German airline reborn less than a year ago, is growing up fast. This spring Lufthansa will expand its 66 intercontinental flights weekly to 488, double schedules to England, France and Spain, switch from five-weekly to daily New York service, add Rio and Buenos Aires to its routes...
...senate will have to vote on just what sort of university Cambridge is to be. In view of Britain's technological needs, it will be quite a decision to make. Said one physicist: "I'm scared to death. This place can't live unless it can expand." Countered a history don: "At the discussion, we heard a chorus of scientists yelling 'More, more,' holding up national needs to justify expansion. They don't seem to realize that this is Cambridge...
...economic climate continued fair and warm. The steel industry clipped along at 99.1% of rated capacity in January, turned out 10.8 million net tons of steel for an alltime record. Incoming orders still outpaced production, were backed up more than three months at some mills. As businessmen continued to expand, business loans increased $44 million to a total of $25.6 billion in the week ending...
This week Niarchos had his best excuse in years for a party. In the final round of a long-standing dispute with the U.S. Government, he reached a settlement that will enable him to expand some more. Since 1953, the Government had seized 19 of Niarchos' U.S.-built ships, charged in a suit that he had bought them through front corporations specially set up in the U.S. (TIME, Feb. 22, 1954), though barred as an alien from buying U.S. war-surplus vessels for American flag operation. Under the final settlement reached last week, Niarchos will...