Word: expanding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that could drag on for months and perhaps years?or could just as easily end overnight. The conflict between Iraq and Iran might remain in quarantine, limited to battles between two angry neighbors who have a long history of ethnic and sectarian enmity. Or it could suddenly expand, touching off a full-scale confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union...
...Many in the city have complained that the regulations are too weak, and we share their trepidation. For example, it will be relatively easy under the proposed codes for institutions--universities, churches, day care centers and the rest--to expand into areas where institutional use already comprises more than half of the surrounding property. While we recognize the need for institutions other than Harvard and MIT to expand, this approach may only increase the trend to institutionalization...
...argument will not end with this year's elections. Win or lose with Reagan, the evangelicals are mapping plans to expand their movement and make it a permanent and influential part of the political scene. Already some are talking about organizing for the congressional elections of 1982. -By George J. Church...
...minorities that may be susceptible to the Ayatullah's political influence. For most of the gulf states, it is a no-win situation; an outright victory by either Iraq or Iran would create a too powerful neighbor, while a protracted stalemate could build pressure to expand the conflict...
...equal rights for women and foreign policy, maintaining that government should be "out of our pocketbooks, out of our bedrooms and out of our lives." Clark contended that Reagan's support for military superiority over the Russians will put the country into an endless inflationary race and continue to expand government...