Word: boom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Britain, where gambling of every variety is not so much diversion as obsession. From the dowdy bingo parlors of Clapham Junction to the nobby casinos of Mayfair, the British now spin the wheels of chance to the rhythm of $15 billion a year. The main reason for the boom is clear to all: Britain is the most liberal gambling society in the world...
...help in Africa will be guaranteed his old job back." More to the point, many young Cubans, especially those with higher education, have difficulty finding work after they finish school, and they know a certificate of African service will help them on their return. Because of a postrevolutionary baby boom and the success of Castro's anti-illiteracy campaign, the Cuban job market is glutted. Concedes Minister of Education José Ramón Fernández Alvarez: "We are educating more people than we have jobs for immediately. The reason is that the majority of those...
Twenty miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, is the city of Monrovia (pop. 30,100). Unlike many of its wealthier neighbors, which developed in the post-World War II boom, Monrovia was incorporated in 1887. It grew into a working-class town, with some pricey sections in the foothills, some slums near the freeway and a lot of modest homes in between. Four years ago, a new redevelopment agency brought an ailing business district back to health with some strategic investments; the completion of the freeway in 1976 spurred further growth. Housing...
...unemployment problem, says Jones, but it is very narrow, specific and limited. Although companies cannot find the skilled workers they need, there are not nearly enough jobs for the untrained people, particularly young blacks and Hispanics. The problem is only transitory, though, says Jones. Because of the baby boom two decades ago, the 16-to-19 age group now makes up 10% of the U.S. population...
...Harvard University from 1953 to 1970, Nathan M. Pusey '28's career as an academic administrator extended over some of the most dynamic and momentous years in the history of American education. The two-and-a-half decades following World War II proved a tremendous boom period for higher education; the number of colleges and universities rose sharply, as did the number of students attending those institutions. Academic curricula were revised and expanded in order to keep pace with the weight of new knowledge; graduate education came into its own; faculty positions increased and faculty salaries recovered from the depressed...