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Word: expansionism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Investors searching for hints about the market's future also rely on a P/E statistic: the composite ratio of the 30 blue-chip stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average. Since the 1930s this figure has gone below 10 only during severe bear markets, and above 20 only in overexuberant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: What Price Profits? | 11/20/1972 | See Source »

Its major priority will be the development of Siberia as a military and economic bulwark against Chinese expansion. To this end, Russia has asked Japan for $1.5 billion to help develop Siberia's vast oil and gas resources, which would give the Japanese both a financial and a political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: Islands and Peace | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

Expansion. One solution would be to reduce the hostility to airports by changing the nature of airplanes. If a much quieter plane could be developed -and engine manufacturers are beginning to muffle the thunder of the biggest new jets-then the major complaint against airports would be removed. Similarly, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Airport Dilemma | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

In the interim, existing airports could be expanded-though at immense expense. At Newark International, the total bill for expansion was a staggering $400 million, or more than double what it cost to build the field in the first place. Land is the most expensive element, mainly because airports usually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Airport Dilemma | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

Even better, the planners have made the new airports into more pleasant places for air travelers-and shortened the long voyage home as well. At the $250 million Kansas City International, which was dedicated last month, Architects Kivett and Myers designed three almost circular terminals, with as many as 19...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Airport Dilemma | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

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