Word: exoduses
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...surge of new arrivals began in 1982, propelled by a debt-plagued Irish economy in which unemployment soared to almost 19% last year, sometimes reaching twice that for young people under 25. Even Ireland's Prime Minister Charles Haughey seemed to encourage the exodus...
...congressional votes also denied large raises for top federal executives and federal judges. Some lawmakers predicted that defeating the raises would accelerate an exodus from government service...
...Silber has acknowledged that the plan, which generated national publicity, may be largely unenforceable. For their part, students say that the ban may cause a student exodus off campus into already crowded local housing. About 8500 students currently live in dormitories...
...approved a reform bill that will slice 16% off the state's tightly controlled auto rates in 1989. Aimed at easing a 27% jump in premiums over the past two years, the measure includes several cost-saving features to placate insurers. Yet such provisions could not halt a continuing exodus that has seen six major firms abandon the state since 1986. Allstate joined their ranks last week, when the Sears subsidiary said it would stop selling policies in Massachusetts to escape the state's stringent regulations...
Earnings, or the lack thereof, have much to do with the exodus. During the 1970s, while salaries in other fields soared, teachers' pay fell 15% in real dollars. In some states starting salaries remain as low as $13,000. In Mississippi social-studies teacher Jewelie Brown makes only $22,200 after 31 years in the classroom. Californian Ken Capie does better: $41,000 after 30 years, but that is still $3,000 less than his 25-year-old son's starting salary as an engineer...