Word: expanding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...presence on township streets, and a certain degree of dishonesty in the government's rhetoric--all these might be seen to flow logically from Huntington's 1981 proposals. The only thing missing, in fact, is a charismatic leader; but Botha has tried his best, and has certainly sought to expand his base. He now gains many more votes than he once did from English-speaking whites...
...have pulled together the most diverse bodyof Democrats of anybody running," Jackson said. "Ihave the ability to expand our party...
...average foreign producer is probably selling at a loss right now," says Stephen Roach, a senior economist at the Morgan Stanley investment firm. Another factor is a reluctance among many U.S. businesses, which feel content with America as their main marketplace, to take advantage of the falling dollar to expand their sales abroad. Says Vladimir Pucik, assistant professor of international business at the University of Michigan: "What many American companies are doing is concentrating on defending their own territory. That's not enough...
...school needs a new campus to accomodate the rise in its number of students. It has proved difficult for the school to expand while keeping its current location in Boston's Back Bay area. AMHERST...
Noonan finds that analyzing America's nesting habits is half the job. Today closets have new priority and are "being treated like rooms," as they expand to fit more active life-styles, while bathrooms "have become fortresses" of marble, mirrors and glass. Master-bedroom suites get special attention because working couples spend much of their leisure time in them. There has been a resurgence of "libraries" (home offices to the unredecorated) for dual- income families to stash books, papers, computers and answering machines. Baked ceramic tile is in vogue for every surface from countertops to foyer floors, and the mixing...