The trade deal, he said, would bring the Middle East into an "expanding circle of opportunity".
We must include every African, every Asian, every Latin American, every Muslim, in an expanding circle of development.
This would create yet another African humanitarian emergency, and it raises fears of an expanding circle of conflict akin to the intractable wars now consuming Congo.
Despite his political frustration he was accompanied by an expanding circle of students during this self-imposed exile of almost 12 years.
During that time, an expanding circle of people in Washington, including members of Congress, lawyers at the Justice Department, reporters, and, eventually, the public, gradually became aware of the Bush programs.
In both novels these acts of bravery and skill become metaphors for more everyday acts of daring, while at the same time serving as narrative anchors for Mr. McCann's kaleidoscopic look at an expanding circle of lives.
"We have, today, the opportunity to include all the world's poor in an expanding circle of development, throughout all of the Americas, all of Asia and all of Africa," Mr. Bush said.
Our alliance is determined to encourage commerce among nations, as open markets create jobs and lift income and draw whole nations into an expanding circle of freedom and opportunity.
Other trends that Pinker invokes include the spread of literacy, which, he argues, led to an expanding "circle of empathy" and made practices like flogging and pillorying seem intolerable, and the many rights movements of the twentieth century — women's, gay, civil, animal — which transformed everyday sorts of violence (beating the wife, kicking the dog) into antisocial behavior.
Other trends that Pinker invokes include the spread of literacy, which, he argues, led to an expanding "circle of empathy" and made practices like flogging and pillorying seem intolerable, and the many rights movements of the twentieth century women's, gay, civil, animal which transformed everyday sorts of violence (beating the wife, kicking the dog) into antisocial behavior.
