Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The new 410-member European Parliament replaces an outgoing assembly that was appointed by the governments of the nine Common Market nations. On paper, both old and new Parliaments have only limited consultative powers, but the potential for expansion lies in public hearings and budgetary scrutiny. The fact that its...
Four city councilors this month endorsed a bill that would require city approval for any major renovations like condominium conversion or institutional expansion.
Our catastrophic health insurance proposal has three key parts. First, those eligible for Medicare will be protected by expansion of their present benefits. Second, the large majority of the employed will be assured of the availability of adequate private insurance protection. Third, those who are part of the residual marketplace...
For many noninflationary years, the U.S. produced more goods and services more cheaply by building new plants and lavishing billions on research and development. But those glory decades have ended, at least temporarily. Government policies now work to discourage saving, retard investment and divert into immediate consumption the money that...
Tempting, but sadly mistaken. The issues of that spring have not gone away, and the attitudes of an administration bent on limiting students' rights to free expression have hardly changed. The main issues that prompted the University Hall takeover and the strike that followed it were threefold: an end to...