Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unlike the U.S., which has a great stake in maintaining neighborly relations with Latin American nations, Britain is keeping economic sanctions against Argentina. The Royal Navy plans to continue denying Argentine ships and aircraft access to a 200-mile zone around the Falklands. The exclusionary zone may be maintained at...
Not so for the privately held Kohler Co. of Kohler, Wis., creator of the Infinity Bath, the Super Spa and other exotica for people who want their bathrooms to be fun as well as functional. Says Chairman Herbert Kohler Jr., 43, heir to the century-old plumbing dynasty: "In times...
Aggressive expansion has been the hallmark of the Kohler Co. ever since 1873, when Herbert's grandfather John Michael Kohler and a partner opened a foundry to make farm implements in a small town north of Milwaukee. In the early 1880s, Kohler had the idea of coating cast-iron...
Middle East upheavals, of course, remain a constant threat, as evidenced by Iran's invasion of Iraq last week. Arab ministers last month considered using their so-called oil weapon to pressure the U.S. and Israel over the fighting in Lebanon, although they ultimately took no action. Turmoil ranging from...
Italy's expansion, however, is accompanied by the highest inflation among the major countries in the European Community: 16% during the past year. Moreover, unemployment will stay high, perhaps as much as 11% by year's end.