Word: expanded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...although the Soviets are now ahead of the U.S. in space development, NASA is about to perform new research that will fill the gap, Caterina said. A telescope that the space shuttle will carry into space this summer, for example, will allow scientists to expand the distance they can observe. Work has been started on Skylab Freedom, which Caterina said would make the U.S.S.R.'s current skylab obsolete...
...draining of freshwater wells in and around the city. Although experts believe the sinking has stopped, the city faces an equally threatening development: the slow rise of the Adriatic, largely as a result of a global warming trend that is causing the world's oceans and seas to expand gradually...
Once the Democratic party learns to articulate a progressive voice, they must reconstitute the New Deal coalition and expand it. Liberal policies are still more beneficial to women, minorities and labor--but they are only a base on which to build a wider constituency...
...Since then there has been a substantial increase in the use of the Brown shuttle system from about 40 people a night to more than 100, and the late-night escort service is overtaxed as well. The University has rented a second shuttle bus and is developing plans to expand the escort service to meet the increased demand...
...decided to expand for financial reasons. The league saw it could make money if it fielded clubs in Miami and Charlotte, so it went ahead and did it. Expansion teams put more players, more referees, more broadcasters, more advertisers and more fans under the wing of the NBA. More people, more dollars...