Word: expander
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...While Clinton promised American voters that he'd end "politics as usual," he quietly went off to Wall Street and assured the corporate pooh-bahs that he'd protect and expand business-as-usual. He promised to safeguard and open up markets for corporate America, run a fiscally tight ship and prepare the nation's workforce and corporations to win the globalization game...
...director, Schumacher effectively conveys the down-and-dirty grit of New York, but as writer he should have spent more time exploring the down-and-dirty grit of his protagonists. The screenplay itself does precious little to expand upon the two stereotypes of a bigot and a drag queen. That task falls into the actors hands. Fortunately, De Niro and Hoffman have very capable hands indeed, and they almost manage to elevate the script in spite of itself not quite, but almost...
...Consultants frequently refer to a person's "skill set," that is, a rapidly evolving set of abilities that allow people like "Powerhouse" Wang to address a variety of challenges. The chance to expand this "skill set" is supposed to be one of the most attractive aspects of working in consulting right out of college. "Consultants learn as much in their first two years of work as they would in the first four years of any other job," Tom explains. Wang likens it to "a mathematical problem, when you define the boundaries first and then think creatively within those boundaries...
...world at the end of the millennium is a vast free-for-all, with companies scrambling to acquire one another and grow exponentially. Shemmer's job is to sift through thousands of unknown firms and select likely acquisitions for his client, a software company. The client is looking to expand its operations in the Northeast and Shemmer wants to present them with as broad a menu as possible...
...governments of many developing countries see this as an attempt by Washington to protect American jobs at the expense of the Third World poor. With low labor costs often the only competitive advantage many developing countries have in the global economy, they fear that enforcing labor standards will simply expand unemployment in the developing world...