Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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If Clinton has seemed distant this year, it's because he has been--traveling to Europe, Africa, South America and China. But with the exception of NATO expansion and the Northern Ireland peace accord, foreign policy gems have been elusive. The Monica Effect is easily overstated here--the sex scandal...
The only real legacy item left on Clinton's menu is saving Social Security--America's biggest and most successful social program, due to go bust in 2032, thanks to the bulge of retiring baby boomers. Clinton loyalists see the program as the final piece in a legacy trifecta. Says...
Ball parks are selling so well--shooting for an overall attendance record, even discounting the two expansion clubs--that Bud Selig, Brewers owner and "acting" commissioner for nearly six ugly years, crawled back into daylight to crown himself "real" commissioner this month. "The fact that we were doing so well...
Labor shortages have indisputably become a major drag on the continuing boom. In a survey of 441 "trendsetter" companies released in April by Coopers & Lybrand, a large accounting and consulting firm, almost 70% reported that they were having trouble finding skilled workers. More than a quarter were decreasing growth estimates...
For particle physicists, the answer hardly matters; the mere fact of neutrino mass will force a rethinking of the "standard model"--the theoretical framework of all subatomic physics. For cosmology, there could be even more tangible consequences. The universe is teeming with neutrinos--so many that trillions of them pass...