Word: expanded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...club also plans to expand community outreach in other ways, including putting out more publications and getting the membership more involved, according to next year's officers...
...cliche odd couple. Nor was it shocking that Hatch, a conservative who led the defense of Clarence Thomas and is the Senate's foremost advocate of a balanced-budget amendment, wanted to lavish taxpayer money on vulnerable children. A grandfather 17 times over, Hatch has often championed laws that expand day care and fund child-nutrition programs. What was surprising is that the bill he and Kennedy cobbled together could turn out to be the only major piece of legislation to emerge from a do-little Congress this year...
...fair shot at passing if only because, unlike Clinton's sweeping health plan, the Hatch-Kennedy proposal takes modest steps: it would cover only half of the 10 million children who lack health insurance. Conservative opponents say a better way to insure them would be to expand tax-sheltered "medical savings accounts" to the working poor. But the bill's supporters argue that msas won't work for cash-strapped low-income families that don't have the extra money to set aside...
...many of which were family owned, by splitting the opposition--that is, stepping in on the side of one of two disagreeing partners and later eliminating the survivor. He did that in 1985, taking over the bankrupt firm of Boussac, which owned Dior. At the time, he promised to expand Boussac and preserve jobs; instead he shut it down, having extracted the part he wanted...
...that assumption, President Clinton is continuing what has been a highly successful strategy of unveiling small initiatives to take the news spotlight away from campaign finance investigations. Friday's example: A call for Congress to ratify the chemical weapons accord and grant him a "fast-track" negotiating authority to expand free trade to more Latin American countries. Up next, Clinton will announce on his Saturday morning radio show that he is extending the new family leave provisions to federal employees so they also can take time off from work for their children's school conferences and medical appointments...