Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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As David J. indignantly points out, David E.was born in Buffalo, N.Y., and first enteredCambridge politics as a Harvard Law School studentwho discovered that he was not allowed to vote inCambridge. After working to get the vote forstudents, he stayed in Cambridge--and stayed incity politics as a liberal tenant...
Construction sites sprouted all over the city this summer and fall--notably in Harvard and Kendall Squares--making the issue of development an extremely visible one for Tuesday's election. Conflicting solutions to the problems of development have even drowned out the traditional rhetoric against expansion by Harvard and the...
Yet foreign markets have been less than welcoming. As the global marketing battle takes hold, some countries are reacting with protectionism. Moreover, economic expansion around the world is so sluggish at the moment that few countries besides the U.S. are showing much demand for imports. Observes David Hale, chief economist...
Encourage consumers to save. If Americans increased their savings rate (only 4% of disposable income last year, vs. nearly 17% in Japan), they would spend less money on foreign imports and help cure the trade deficit. Moreover, an expansion of America's paltry savings pool would help reduce U.S. dependence...
Despite an improvement in the overall economy, hunger has been growing in the U.S. in the last five years, according to the study. The economic expansion has affected only those already well off, often leaving minorities and single women to fend for themselves, said the study, which was written by...