Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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And there are plenty of laughs in Oz' Little Shop, whose cast of television loonies has long excelled at caricature. Some musical numbers are riotous, including the dental office song by Orin Scrivellos D.D.S. (Steve Martin), Audrey's doomed boyfriend, and a marvellous expansion of "Somewhere That's Green." In...
Thus on January 1 the Adminstration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 1988. This story got the big play it deserved. That same day, however, Education Department officials announced that the Administration would ask for a dramatic expansion of a student loan program that links repayment to the debtor...
The economy's weakest moments came during the year's second quarter, when fears began to grow that the recovery might have run out of momentum. Growth virtually stagnated from April through June, expanding a measly .6%. A primary cause was trouble in America's farm and oil-producing states...
Like a runner trained for long distances, America's economic expansion is showing remarkable staying power, if not robust speed. The U.S. recovery, which passed the four-year marker in November, just keeps chugging ahead in spite of ever present doubts and dangers along the road. Since its start in...
And the economy is expected to keep on kicking long enough to break that record. TIME's Board of Economists, which met last week in Manhattan, predicted that America's gross national product will expand another 2.8% during 1987, compared with an estimated 2.4% this year and 2.9% in 1985...