Word: exodus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...better than a few years ago. Ironically, the Wall−which Ulbricht calls the "antifascist defense shield"−made the difference. Before the Wall went up in 1961, East Germany's economy was on the ropes, as many of the brightest workers, scientists and technocrats joined the exodus of 3,000,000 East Germans who voted with their feet and went Westward. Since then, 24,500 East Germans have managed to escape (137 were killed in the attempt), but most people have accepted the idea that they are trapped and decided to try and make the best...
...Instead of easing to a planned-for 7½%, growth plunged to a slim 1.2% last year. Corporate profits fell 15%, while unemployment, once virtually nonexistent, has risen to 10% of the labor force, or 99,000 workers. Population growth virtually halted as 12,000 Israelis, in the biggest exodus since the country was founded, emigrated in search of work. Even more startling were the queues at unemployment offices, when some 2,000 dispirited workers were handed monthly checks of up to $78 under the first dole in Israel's history...
...more extensive bi-racial busing program is not even considered in the present plan. The Committee, in addition, has continued to withhold its support from private busing programs such as Operation Exodus--run by Negro parents--except to permit them to bring children to any school which has empty seats. Genuine, widespread pressure throughout the school system for a fundamental redistribution will not be exerted...
...will go hungry to gain our economic independence," said the Congo's President Joseph Mobutu when he nationalized Union Minière du Haut Katanga on Jan. 1. General Mobutu's economically shortsighted advisers clapped their approval, scoffed at the prospect of a mass exodus of Belgian technicians. "Pay them," one aide predicted, "and they will do anything." It did not turn out that way. Union Minière's management immediately chose to pull out. Shipments and, consequently, sales came to a standstill. Only five of 2,000 engineers and technicians opted to stay on under...
...taxes that rise in a wry ratio with strikes and relief rolls. Over the last decade, companies have followed the flood of families to suburbia's fresher air and greener acres, draining the city of 17,000 industrial jobs a year. And so far this year, the exodus has continued at a startling rate...