Word: expands
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...social protection that will enable these people to make the transition. In America and other developed Western countries, most people are employed in the services sector, while two-thirds of our people are in the production sector. We've got a lot of work ahead of us to expand jobs in the services sector. We'll be looking at other countries as we decide which way to go. We feel ourselves part of a global civilization, and we want to be organically included in the entire world economically...
...Undoubtedly there is a need for more people in the applied sciences," says Martin, adding that Harvard currently has plans to expand the engineering faculty. "In nearly all other major institutions the applied sciences have been getting a larger share of the total research budget...
...after the coming fundraising campaign, the engineering program should be able to expand its faculty and equipment. So for now, students say, HSE is attempting to focus attention on a program which is growing stronger...
Among the solutions offered by the A.M.A.: force more employers to provide health insurance, and expand Medicaid coverage for the poor. But the A.C.P. | labels such changes "tinkering," not reform -- helpful in the short run but inadequate to address the fundamental flaws in the system. In the 21-page position paper it issued last week, the group cites several such flaws, including wasteful administrative overhead that has burgeoned to 22% of medical expenses, and enormous malpractice awards that force doctors to buy expensive insurance and pass the cost on to patients. But the biggest problems, according to the A.C.P...
...N.W.A. announces at the start of its album Straight Outta Compton: "You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge." What they know from the street may not be what the heartland wants to hear. The message may be cleansing or hateful; the lyrics and limericks may expand or debase the language. And if X-rated pop adheres to writer Theodore Sturgeon's useful rule that "90% of everything is crud," most of it may be awful -- just dirty, not funny or erotic. But even at its grossest, the form is a vital expression of the resentments felt...