Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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If the people did not, Reston did. Vietnam became a private war for him. His hawk-self wrestled with his dove-self. The hawk-self feared communist expansion and thus supported the original premise of the conflict ("The original American policy in Vietnam was far easier to understand than the...
At their best, the institutional ads are truthful and informative. One example: Exxon's recent explanations of how it will spend $16 billion on expansion and exploration over the next four years. Other ads are heayyhanded, self-serving and sprinkled with half truths. Asks one Mobil ad: "Are oil...
Not one of the twelve teams of the gestating World Football League has even a preseason roster yet. No one knows when or if the newest experiment in pro sport expansion will seriously challenge the National Football League for fans. But there is one thing the W.F.L. owners do not...
Self-Sufficient. Coors has been owned by a single family since 1873, when Adolph Coors, a German draft dodger, set up a brewery on the banks of Clear Creek. His grandson, William, has been president since 1970, and the firm contains six other Coorses. As befits a company owned by...
Harvard contends that the expansion of recent years in the meaning of diversity among students to include students from disadvantaged economic, racial and ethnic groups has meant that race must be a factor in some admissions decisions.