Word: expanders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...England boasts the nation's second richest regional kitchen. The L.L. Bean Book of New New England Cookery, by Judith and Evan Jones (Random House; 669 pages; $22.50), informs us that it continues to expand. Judging by some of the newer dishes, that is not always for the better. This huge, handsome compendium, written for the Maine-based mail-order outfitter, is at its best with traditional specialties: rhubarb cakes and cobblers; codfish in chowders, cakes and Portuguese stews; and all the lobster, salmon and blueberry treats so rarely found elsewhere in the country. But the italicized...
...survey of 35 economists last week predicted that the economy will expand at a humdrum 2.8% annual rate during the last half of 1987 and a sluggish 1.4% in the first half of 1988. While that is a definite slowdown, it is not quite a dead halt. A few economists, however, predict a recession. Among them is Irwin Kellner, chief economist for Manufacturers Hanover, the New York City banking company, who thinks the U.S. economy will shrink by 2% in the first half of 1988 before quickly recovering...
...school needs to expand because of large increases in the number of applicants, including an 8 percent jump this fall. Its attempts to grow in its current location, Boston's Back Bay area, have run into prohibitive costs...
...case the budget cutters forgot about the power of elderly voters, Congress sent them a reminder last week: the Senate passed a bill providing for catastrophic health insurance, a worthwhile law that will nonetheless dramatically expand Medicare payments for serious illness. Although financed by Medicare premiums at the outset, the program will cost $1.4 billion this year, $4.5 billion in 1990 and untold amounts in the future...
...There is a distance between the artist and the object. I wanted [the students] to break down the barrier between the artist and object," the VES lecturer said. Taho added, "Because they will have eaten it, the chicken will be a part of [the students'] bodies. This experience will expand their imagination and understanding...