Word: expanded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plays out, Wall Street dealmakers don't expect a re-enactment of '80s-style takeover frenzy anytime soon. Debt remains a dirty word in many executive suites, and intense foreign competition has put pressure on companies to merge in ways that make sense for their long-term abilities to expand. "Nobody does a deal for what they used to call financial reasons any longer," says arbitrager Kalin. "The merger has got to fit in with your company." While the Paramount battle is happily reminiscent of the '80s, she adds, it will probably prove to be just one of a kind...
...xenophobic complex last manifested as a "great sucking sound" and the belief that everyone must face the same tough time that our ancestors faced give such aid a low priority. Quotas from the Immigration Act of 1921 and its successors still exist. Why do we fear those who would expand the markets of existing industries and create new ones? Only recent immigrants who have achieved a degree of success appear willing to fight such arcane measures of exclusion...
...Palestinian force will be relatively small while it polices Gaza and Jericho. But over the next nine months, its turf will expand into the entire West Bank as the Israeli army withdraws from populated areas and Palestinian autonomy spreads. Faisal Husseini, the chief Palestinian peace negotiator, has said police should eventually total 30,000 officers. But Israel's principle is that there should be the same proportion of Palestinian police to civilians as there is in Israel, which would make for a force of about...
...move to expand Americans' role in United Nations peacekeeping operations, President Clinton is considering allowing U.S. troops to serve under foreign U.N. commanders. The directive, backed by the State and Defense departments, would come as the U.N. is undertaking more peacekeeping efforts than at any other time in its history...
...some Republicans reacted favorably to Clinton's bill, particularly since it incorporated so many pieces of their platform, they were unwilling to cede him so valuable an issue. G.O.P. lawmakers complained that the amount of money proposed for new prisons, $700 million, fell far short. They also wanted to expand mandatory-sentencing guidelines, which Attorney General Reno loudly, adamantly opposed...