Word: expansionism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Since the Depression, Congress has used the so-called Commerce Clause to extend its authority into ever more areas once reserved to the states, including not only such matters as shipping rates and wages but also less clearly "economic" concerns like racial discrimination. The Commerce Clause, for instance, is the...
He stayed with his employer only three years before striking out on his own. After hooking up with a cash-strapped O-ring manufacturer in New Jersey, he was fortuitously introduced to a group of investors that included Baron Edmund de Rothschild and RCA's David Sarnoff. They put about...
Pei's projects include the West Wing of theMuseum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Dallas CityHall, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce inToronto and Robert E. Kennedy's grave at theArlington National Cemetery. He was responsiblefor the expansion and modernization of the Louvre.
"We saw ourselves as part of a larger political movement. We saw the building expansion [Mather House, the Science Center and Gund Hall] as an opportunity to advance the worldwide struggle for people of color," says Leslie "Skip" E. Griffin '70.
Reich pitched several other initiatives, suchas an expansion of child care, a tax deduction ofup to $10,000 for individuals enrolled in jobtraining courses and a 90-cent increase of theminimum wage--which he said is at a 40-year lowwhen adjusted for inflation.