Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Ngai, Patten has proposed an expansion of Hong Kong's electorate in order to strengthen democracy in the colony before Communist rule.
One man who took advantage of the shift was Pedro Tinoco, president of Banco Latino and an old friend of Perez's. The President made the extraordinary move of naming him head of the central bank, even as Tinoco remained Banco Latino's largest shareholder. Soon millions of dollars in...
Committee members aim to examine the philosophy behind the Core, while also addressing practical concerns such as section size and an expansion of the course selections offered each year.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich was taken by surprise when 24 renegade Republicans teamed up with House Democrats late last night to shoot down a "Contract With America" proposal (by a vote of 218-212) that would have revived work on a "Star Wars"-style missile defense system. But GOP House...
In an effort to revive the flagging peace process, the leaders of Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the p.l.o. met in Cairo. At the top of their agenda: a rash of terrorist attacks by radical Palestinian groups against Israeli soldiers and civilians, and the continuing expansion of Jewish settlements in occupied...