Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"You must remember that our army is really an armed political force. It is not the type of army you have in the United States or Great Britain. You will find that every 'most responsible person' is usually a military man, whether he be in the factory, commune...
Died. Sanford Bates, 88, reform-minded penologist who presided over the massive expansion of the federal prison system during the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations; in Trenton, N.J. A lawyer, Bates was named head of Massachusetts' correctional institutions in 1919, and introduced such innovations as a merit pay system and...
The independent Federal Reserve Board is not expected to try to offset rising rates by pumping out more money, though President Nixon would like to see borrowing costs kept reasonably low until after the election. Despite some signs of monetary expansion in recent weeks, the board's members, concerned...
Government officials took a little cheer from a recent decline in quotes for cattle on the hoof, which they say promises lower retail prices for steak and hamburger by September. But beef on the hoof could well rise again soon after that, pushing prices at the supermarket counters up further...
Chintzy Ties. Nobody, that is," but Molloy. Over the next decade, he refined his techniques and conducted other experiments that convinced him he was right. During his early research, for example, he discovered that the Boston Strangler invariably wore beige or gray repairman-like outfits; the light colors tended to...