Word: exodus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...management-led leveraged buyout in 1987 by Borg-Warner has put tremendous pressure on Burns' middle managers to produce revenue. Former employees say president Rodger Comstock's intimidating management style and the firm's alleged habit of breaking bonus promises have contributed to an exodus of managers, forcing Burns to recruit and train new ones, sometimes at the expense of clients' needs...
...been full from like the eighth until Wednesday," said Brandon, adding that Wednesday morning had seen a mass exodus of reporters from the state...
...prestigious groups, the Mistick Krewe of Comus and the Knights of Momus -- both all white, all male -- have announced that they will not parade, citing government intrusion. Other krewes have threatened to cancel their parades or relocate them in future years unless the ordinance is radically altered. Such an exodus would be devastating for New Orleans, which depends on Mardi Gras to pack its hotels with thousands of wild-spending tourists who help give the local economy an annual half-billion-dollar boost...
...Capitol Hill, a House Judiciary subcommittee approved a bill halting the exodus until violence in Haiti is sufficiently reduced so that no returnee faces "persecution or politically motivated violence." But with Congress in recess until Feb. 18, the Administration has time to return thousands more Haitians before the bill can be put to both houses for a vote...
Malibu now counts whales and dolphins as citizens. Santa Cruz is considering an ordinance to protect working slobs against "appearance discrimination," and San Francisco may follow suit. Expect the corporate exodus from California to reach landslide proportions...