Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Carnesale and Putnam's tenures came in the aftermath of a particularly rocky period of expansion under Dillon Professor of Government Gra ham T. Allison. During Allison's tenure, theschool was accused of offering a Universityposition in exchange for a donation.
Carnesale's mission when he began the KennedySchool deanship was to reunite a school so bloatedby expansion that faculty members described it asbeing in danger of "flying apart."
Other companies are tentatively trodding that ground. MGM plans to open a store in its headquarters in Santa Monica, California, this summer, and MCA- Universal is pondering an expansion of the retail activities that are currently confined to its theme parks in California and Florida. But perhaps all the newcomers...
King oversaw a tremendous expansion of the library, which is devoted to the history of women in America. In the time since she was appointed director in 1973, the library more than tripled its holdings.
Despite this expansion, the directors never lost sight of the Coop's original purpose: to provide savings to students and faculty. Prices continued to be very competitive, and the rebate stayed around 10 percent for many years.