Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Next month, as he departs to become provost of the University, he leaves a school on the mend but not fully recovered from a series of abrupt leadership changes and its own too-rapid expansion in the 1980s.
Dillon Professor of Government Graham T. Allison '62, who took over as dean of the revamped schools in the late 1970s presided over the its quick expansion from a small institution to a huge amalgam of programs, professors and brand-new angular buildings.
The two groups are getting along better and better because--with University expansion into the city locked on ebb--they have fewer and fewer opportunities to fight.
In fact, most of the dealings between Harvard and the city still occur during disputes over University construction or expansion.
While expansion has all but stopped, newconstruction on Harvard buildings near residentialareas remains a source of tension.