Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"The people who come to the games in Toronto are reserved to the point of courteousness," says Peter Bavasi, operator of the expansion franchise for the first five years. Gary Carter says the Expos fans "have more loyalty to a great display of baseball skill than to the home team...
Together with new outlets slated to open soon at Boston's Downtown Crossing and in Copley Square, the Harvard Square Cornpopper will mark the chain's first venture into the Northern part of the country, Gainsborough says, adding that plans are underway to insure a successful expansion. Cornpopper specialists are...
Liberal economists argue that fears of a too rapid recovery are overblown. Says Heller: "We have lots of headroom for expansion and no prospect of revived inflation for quite a long stretch ahead." Heller points out that wage costs, a central element of inflation, are still declining. Harvard Economist Otto...
No controls are in prospect, but the length and strength of the current expansion will depend upon how well the White House, Congress and the Federal Reserve Board contain prices. If they succeed, the recovery could be a long waltz instead of a brief flashdance.
The state's wine makers still have much to learn about the economies of expansion and the development of a distinctive style. "They just make what the grapes give them," says one critic. Joel Klein, a former wine maker for Chateau Ste. Michelle who is now organizing his own...