Word: swelled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They are citizens of the world." At present some 39,400 Japanese children attend primary or secondary school abroad, and 13,300 students are enrolled in colleges in the U.S. Moreover, Japan is currently host to 18,000 foreign students, a number that Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone hopes will swell to 100,000 by the turn of the century. To accelerate crosscultural pollination, 68 American colleges and universities have been invited to open branches in Japan...
...neither will it be the shrunken Reagan version. "The swing is away from what you could call the laissez-faire approach of Ronald Reagan to one that takes a more active, compassionate approach to those in true need," says Republican Mayor William Hudnut of Indianapolis. "It is a ground swell gaining force...
...shift from unionized manufacturing jobs to non-union service employment will continue to swell the ranks of those without health insurance. Absence of insurance is not simply due to unemployment. Over half of the uninsured adults are employed...
...knowledge that 37 million of our neighbors don't have financial protection from the costs of illness. What should help mobilize us is the fact that if we fail to act, tomorrow or the next day or week or year you or I may be among those who help swell that number...
...Crimson saw its lead swell to as many as 10 points, 73-63, with under 30 seconds remaining before the Crusaders connected on a pair of closing-seconds three-point buckets...