Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The economic signs these days are mixed. Interest rates on five-year Treasury bonds have fallen from 9.62% to 9.13% since August, and unemployment in November was 7%, its lowest level since President Reagan took office. But growth is not strong, and there are few signs of a coming pickup...
The optimism on Wall Street in recent weeks is shared by traders abroad. Since January the London Stock Exchange has risen a record 53.1%, and West Germany's market 99.6%. In Milan, the main Italian market is up 114.1% for the year, while France's has experienced a 52.8% rise...
As if the deterioration of books were not enough for Harvard's library managers to worry about, the system is also confronting growing pains resulting from continued expansion in a fixed amount of shelf space.
Another contributor to increased sales has been the expansion of insignia product lines. UCLA's "Bearwear" department stocks 30 different T-shirts and 15 different sweatshirts, said an official at the store.
From the very beginning, the University's proposal to build 50--and then 40--apartments has been stymied by Cantabrigians fed up with the University's seemingly unending expansion into the Riverside section of the city. As Leverett Towers, Mather House, and Peabody Terrace were completed, 87 homes and many...