Word: expanding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bill on his desk, Ronald Reagan thundered, "would vastly and unjustifiably expand the power of the Federal Government" and could even strike a blow against religious liberty. It was the kind of veto message that in years past the President could almost always make stick. But last week nobody except the Moral Majority, some business groups and a handful of conservative Senators was listening, and the most they could do was put off a Senate vote overriding the veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act until early this week. Few in Congress or the White House have much doubt that...
Reagan and his congressional allies argued for a less sweeping alternative, saying the act went far beyond simple restoration. They said it would curtail religious liberty and expand federal control over the private sector...
...hard to believe that the Soviet refugees will expand our population so much that other groups must be kept out. The U.S. is not a balloon that will burst if 6000 more people enter it. It is also hard to believe that we are reducing aid to refugees who just 13 years ago were our allies in a civil war we helped fight. Why do we insist on keeping the outsiders outside...
...added bonus, Sullivan said, the bill would cut down on Harvard's expansion into Cambridge's residential neighborhoods. "If Harvard can't expand because it is ineligible to issue bonds, I won't be shedding any tears," he said...
...extends no further than their principled rhetoric is that the "pool" of potential candidates is too small and therefore the dearth of Black faculty and administrators merely reflects this unfortunate "fact." Even if there is in fact such a shortage, there are important ways that Harvard could help to expand the pool of qualified Blacks...