Word: expanded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...countries aim to expand cooperation on regional security issues such as North Korea and to oppose U.S. attempts to extend its missile defense umbrella to its allies in Asia. "Both countries are concerned about the threat of internal disintegration, and that adds to the incentive to cooperate," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "And both want to stop the world becoming a playground for the U.S. But centuries of mutual suspicion and hostility tend to make such alliances between them shortlived." Moscow and Beijing are expected to conclude a deal this week in which Russia will sell a large number...
...nutshell, the meaning is this: the government should achieve desirable goals by creating incentives for private individuals and organizations, primarily in the form of tax cuts. Much of Bush's $8 billion would be used to expand the charitable deduction, provide "new incentives" for corporate giving and so on. The House tax bill is full of deductions and credits for this or that form of officially approved behavior, primarily saving and investment...
...final status agreement before completing the troop withdrawal, because he believes isolating the settlements gives hard-liners on both sides an incentive to stir up trouble and jeopardize the process," says Beyer. Previous redeployments have prompted Palestinian militants to shoot at settlers and have spurred the settlers to expand their settlements. Barak knows he?ll have to dismantle some of the settlements as part of the final agreement, but believes a piecemeal Israeli withdrawal ahead of such an agreement is even riskier than confronting the settlers with a done deal. But his Palestinian counterparts lack the patience for such nuance...
...country?s top 50 cities all pass the "voice" test, but the scramble to expand is likely to be most feverish in major sports markets like New York, L.A. and Chicago ?- sports is a particularly cost-effective way to fill airtime. Or conglomerates with big movie libraries may decide that a mix of film and reruns may be the way to go. But who gets bought? One guy with plenty of prime real estate is Lowell Paxson, whose fledgling family-based Pax network has stations in 43 of the top 50 markets but isn?t now passing bottom-line muster...
...ambitious construction scheme was hatched in the early '80s by local officials and organizations determined to tame the river. The plans included two major dams, at Serre-de-la-Fare and Chambonchard, and two smaller ones. The stated aim was to prevent flooding, expand irrigation and boost water flow during dry years. Opponents suspected other motives: increasing the water supply to cool four nuclear reactors along the river and boosting development in areas now subject to flooding...