The children also particularly liked Twitchy, which led to the expansion of the character's role.

Berlin's new position paper on international security, issued last week, points to a welcome expansion of Germany's role in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and antiterrorist actions.

No state allows such an expansion of a doctor's role; only one country - the Netherlands - permits physician-assisted suicide.

"I don't consider that mission creep," he added, a reference to a gradual expansion of the peacekeepers' role.

This was followed by an expansion of the government's role in Canadian life through the 1950s and 1960s, requiring even shorter prorogations.

This expansion of the United States' role was a disaster waiting to happen.

Subsequently released additional footage showed an expansion of her role.

But the Clinton Administration made clear today that it had reservations about such a grand expansion of the fund's role.

The public integrity unit marks a distinct expansion of the attorney general's traditional role, according to government experts.

The September 11 terrorist attacks brought a whole new regime of asset freezing, and a significant expansion of the security council's role.