Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Barbara Ackermann, Cambridge's first woman mayor, heads the Council's liberal coalition which includes such diverse figures as black woman radical Saundra Graham and Harvard Ed School dean Frances H. Duehay '55. On the other side Alfred Vellucci, former mayor and longtime opponent both of Harvard reformers and commercial...
UNCTAD is a case study in proliferation. It began as a trade conference in 1964, mainly for the benefit of the less-developed nations, and has since held only three conferences, the last one a five-week affair last spring in Santiago, Chile. So far, UNCTAD has written a convention...
EXPANDING THE ECONOMY AND CUTTING UNEMPLOYMENT. The gross national product lately has been running at $96 billion ahead of a year ago, a very healthy 9.2% gain. But unemployment has dropped only from 6.1% last summer to 5.5% now. Rating: superior on expansion but unacceptable on jobs.
Nearly all industries are enjoying an earnings bonanza, which suggests that it is based on a solid, sustained expansion of the whole economy. Profits were up in 27 of the 32 industries in Citi-Bank's study, and the list of companies that have reported an after-tax earnings...
Labor leaders and some Democrats argue that current profits are steep enough. They point out that the recovery has been slow going for everyone, not just investors who relish high corporate earnings. Furthermore, thanks to tax breaks granted to business by the Nixon Administration, corporations have more money available for...