Word: outwards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Deukmejian, the son of an Armenian rug merchant, took office proclaiming that "there are no limits to what we can achieve" and promising to seek "a new era of opportunity with responsible progress and growth which expands outward for all who seek work." His two-day inauguration included a two-hour show starring Dean Martin and Peggy Lee, a half-hour ceremonial oath-taking (attended by Brown and former Senator S.I. Hayakawa), a reception for influential campaign contributors and a black-tie ball. The $500,000 celebration was produced by Walt Disney Productions and MGM/United Artists...
...shift in American thinking. Until now, the U.S. Administration had emphasized that, as much as possible, governments should maintain a hands-off stance toward international finance. Said a top West German official: "We welcome the change from what has so far been an inward-looking U.S. policy to an outward-looking...
...work within them to bring about a change in people's attitudes. He encouraged me to all, to talk to my friends and family about them. He believed students should work within the limited circles of people among which they are most influential and then gradually expand those circles outward. He also remarked that he was annoyed by students who, knowing the importance of his name, asked that he sign a petition or support a cause simply so they they could claim him as their advocate...
...Roxbury are students in Harvard's Upward Bound, a program which supplements their public high school education. The program tries to send to college bright high school students, especially minorities, who have never been encouraged to achieve academically. It attempts to challenge these teenagers in much the same way Outward Bound challenges people to reach their physical limits...
...develop trade within their own region. While Japan has been a successful exporter with an increasingly affluent population, its government has not yet fully opened the gates to imports from other Asian nations. China, with its immense population, has isolated itself for decades and only recently begun to look outward. "If both Japan and China were to adapt themselves to greater imports from their neighbors," concluded Krause, "it would generate a dynamic trade expansion that would allow Asia to far outdistance the rest of the world...