Word: expansionists
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Worthy berates himself for his one failure, in the aftermath of his many struggles against the system, to notice the dangers of citywide expansionist trends. Slowly, as the "tentacles" of the octopus reached into the rooms of his life, he came to realize that only a society which does not permit expansionist institutions to abuse and manipulate its citizens will not abuse and manipulate the citizens of another country...
...still-"about 4%"-but predicted a pickup to 5% or more in the last quarter. If the July-September rate turns out to be 3% or even less, as some economists are forecasting, the Democrats will have further ammunition for their charge that the Republicans should have adopted more expansionist tax and spending programs last summer. Indeed, there is talk-in and out of the Administration-that unless the economy shows more snap and ginger soon, a new tax cut may be needed early next year to get the recovery moving forcefully again, no matter who wins...
...finally seized control and began butchering members of opposing political factions. Suddenly, East Timor became a minor source of international tension. Indonesia, which holds adjoining West Timor, professed horror at the thought of a Communist toehold. In turn, that renewed neighboring Australia's suspicion of Indonesia's expansionist ambitions in the region...
...what do we mean by "given up?" Ravenal would have us believe that there is increasing evidence of the inability of any single power to control the international system. But now is not the future. And it would appear that the Soviet Union is about ready to enter an expansionist period. In the context of purely isolationist American foreign policy, one can hazard a pretty fair guess as to what "given up" will mean. At least in one case, that of Israel, it will mean nothing short of destruction...
...years later, says Wriston, "my dart hit the board." George Moore, Citibank's great postwar expansionist, picked the young Wriston to direct the important European operation. Wriston was so successful that within three years he was heading the bank's entire foreign operations. From then on, there was little doubt that the brash young Wriston would some day boss the bank...