The objects in the exhibit tell a story about government expansion during a difficult period in American history.

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They also were a time of expansion into new territory.

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Warmer temperatures cause water to expand,a phenomenon called thermal expansion, and cause glaciers and polar ice caps to melt.

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Speaking at ceremonies in Pretoria marking World AIDS Day, Mr.Zuma announced a major expansion of testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS victims.

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The U.S.has demanded a complete freeze on settlement expansion, including natural growth, but Mr.Netanyahu is offering a compromise.

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Mr.Obama called for the creation of a Palestinian state and condemned Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank.

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The Palestinians have demanded a complete freeze on settlement expansion before returning to negotiations and reject Israel's offer of a partial freeze.

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The Obama administration wants a total freeze on settlement expansion something Mr.Netanyahu has said Israel will not do.

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The World Cup will also leave a legacy of new infrastructure to buoy economic expansion in the future.

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Mr.Obama's budget numbers and deficit projections assume a return to moderate economic growth next year, with robust expansion in the years that follow.

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U.S.envoy George Mitchell met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but failed to achieve a breakthrough on a halt to Jewish settlement expansion.

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in many areas." To avert a future crisis, Dodd proposes an expansion of the Federal Reserve's authority.

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Furthermore,Mr.Netanyahu has said he supports the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank - a source of enormous tension between Israelis and Palestinians.

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But Israel says the Palestinians imposed an unacceptable precondition namely,a complete freeze on settlement expansion.

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But the industry's expansion has come at a cost, according to FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf.

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"I don't think the coast is clear. I don't think there's any guarantee that the recovery is going to evolve into a self sustaining economic expansion.

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