Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economic indicators plummeted to historic lows. The news that Britain and China would resume their talks has produced a recovery. By last week shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange reached a nine-month high, and the slumping Hong Kong dollar had improved. Even so, many of the ethnic Chinese businessmen who dominate the colony's economy were still debating whether to invest in new undertakings or apply for mortgages...
...Soviet-dominated counterpart in the future. "I told Mr. Andropov: 'What would you say as a Soviet patriot if Moscow were divided, if the Soviet Union were divided?' " Kohl reported. He also asked that the Soviet Union grant exit visas to an estimated 100,000 ethnic Germans who seek to emigrate to West Germany. In addition, Kohl risked offending his hosts by speaking up on behalf of Soviet Dissident Andrei Sakharov, currently the victim of a government slander campaign in the Soviet press...
...barely lost the Democratic primary to the more liberal Michael S. Dukakis--who g sweet revenge for the 1978 Democratic primary when King unseated him. The explanation for the apparent inconsistencies lies in the realization that local conflicts--especially in this 350-year-old municipality--come as much from ethnic allegiance and personalities as from ideological convictions, and that even people who agree on their hatred for Ronald Reagan and defense spending increases can bitterly disagree over the issues closer to home...
...these groups divide along two main political bloes. The city's high tenant populations joins hands with the white collar professionals the back the Cambridge Civic Association--a liberal coalition which, at age 40, is the nation's oldest municipal party. They are opposed by the more traditional ethnic and the landholders, who make up the Independents. Every add-numbered year is an election year (this being no exception) and at that time, the two groups fight over governing. The rest of the time they fight over issues. A brief explanation of both...
...issue dominating political debate in the is housing Cambridge has strict rent control and condominium conversion provisions, the result of a severe housing shortage that threatens to drive the city's traditional ethnic and blue collar residents to less expensive accomodations elsewhere. The five-member rent control board oversees the rent provisions. These statutes have come under constant fire from the Independents who have tried to modify the provisions...