Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are two reasons why the Rockies and the Marlins don't have very good players, or even players whose names appear on anything but their birth certificates. Number one, the expansion draft allowed them to pick the cast-offs and longtime minor leaguers of other major league teams. And...
"They were quite worried that it wouldn't be ready on time, but it was," Clark said. "It's not just an expansion of space, but an expansion of the activity," he said.
"The continuing progress toward democracy in South Africa has prompted many shareholder proponents to stop requesting U.S. companies to end direct or non-equity ties with South Africa," the report says. "In place of these proposals, many proponents are now requesting that companies adopt policies of non-expansion in South...
Healy, who agreed that the hospital would not be able to stay competitive without this expansion, said he was confident of the fiscal roundness of the move. "The benefits to me outweigh the risk on the fiscal side. I'm a believer, and I'm not easy to convince," he...
"There was more a philosophy than anything that had to do with race," Williamson said. "My sense was that grade inflation had gotten well on its way before there was an expansion of minority student admissions."