Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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By the end of last week scientists had already amassed more data than they could immediately analyze, confirming some theoretical predictions and making several observations that for the time being puzzled everyone. Earliest readings showed that the shell of gases expanding around 1987A was initially traveling outward at nearly 10...
To everyone who has bitter memories of the oil shocks of the 1970s, when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries drove oil prices to intolerable heights, today's bargain-basement values seem like sweet vengeance indeed. The U.S. has learned once again to love cheap energy, and why not? Gasoline...
The Swaggart phenomenon is part of a wave of Protestant expansion across the traditionally Roman Catholic region. According to Brazil's Ecumenical News Agency, Latin American Protestants have increased in number from 12 million to 30 million since 1978. Most of them have joined Evangelical and Pentecostal groups rather than...
The Macintosh SE (SE for Slightly Expanded or Somewhat Expensive) is a Macintosh Plus with a few extra features. The primary addition is a system expansion slot (SE slot). The SE also comes with two 800K internal disk drives (the Plus can only hold one internal drive). Additionally, the SE...
Finally, at the head of the new family, is the Macintosh II, an extremely powerful personal computer/workstation that is similar to the IBM in its openly expandable design, but similar to the Macintosh in its primary operating system. The most exciting of the new features are the six expansion slots...