Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Such a move would severely constrain the bank's expansion plans and most likely end the 18-month war between developers and preservationists.
The NFL's two league championship pairings are set, but it certainly isn't the same old crowd. After Sunday's games, in which defending champ Dallas lost to the expansion Carolina Panthers, 26-17, and the Pittsburgh Steelers were flattened by the New England Patriots 28-3, both of...
3 Carolina Panthers, 2. Expansion teams are supposed to build ever so slowly and count their occasional victories dearly. So how come this newly minted N.F.L. team has made the playoffs in its second season of existence? Credit the quarterbacking of second-year pro Kerry Collins, the tackling of the...
6 Florida Panthers, 3. After the success of the Carolina N.F.L. and Florida N.H.L. expansion species, newly formed baseball and basketball teams will undoubtedly claim the name Panthers. In only their third season, hockey's Felis concolor coryii provided owner Wayne Huizenga with a blockbuster finish. The Panthers made it...
BRUSSELS, Belgium: In his final speech before the North Atlantic Council, Warren Christopher tried to establish his legacy with a message of assurance to Russia on NATO's imminent expansion. "We are declaring that in today's Europe, NATO has no intention, no plan and no need to station nuclear...