Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The specter of Big Oil wallowing in billions raised a number of policy issues that could change the structure of the nation's energy institutions. Talk rose in Washington of increasing the taxes that oilmen must pay, of putting limits on profits and keeping controls on prices, perhaps ultimately...
Agee, a book publisher and a former member of the Brandeis University faculty, says university expansion may be largely an emotional issue. "It is a little two-faced to attack Harvard as an ogre in the city when Harvard is the reason a lot of people are here."
The Faculty found the technical issues--such as financial aid and housing expansion--too confusing to discuss. Wilson recalls faculty members looking befuddled and finally declaring, "Well, that's an interesting idea," but Wilson says most didn't really understand what was involved, and asked to move on to something...
At both the warehouse and the bank, there were countless errors of both bookkeeping and judgment. Although short on capital, the Carters unwisely launched a massive expansion of the warehouse. From 1975 through 1977, they borrowed nearly $10 million to buy a huge new peanut sheller and enormous supplies of...
The basic purpose of Hua's visit was to reiterate China's desire to open up to the West. The Chairman also expressed his support for both the European Community and NATO in the common struggle against "hegemonism," Peking's code word for Moscow's expansionist...