Word: exoduses
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...remaining four state offices are all currently held by Democrats. A large exodus of officials from public life this year has left the offices of Attorney General and State Auditor without incumbent candidates...
...economy, has fallen from a high of $92.7 billion in fiscal 1982 to $54.8 billion in the current year. Even so, the kingdom's budget deficit is swelling by an estimated $1 billion a month. The drop in spending has slowed construction projects across the country, created an exodus of foreign workers, and overwhelmed the Islamic court system with bankruptcy proceedings. Only interest-free government deposits have kept many banks from failing. Says a top Saudi official: "During the boom, the country generated tremendous wealth. Now the cycle is reversed. Every time we cancel a project, the ripple effect washes...
...mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of laid-off migrant workers --mainly Egyptians, Palestinians and Pakistanis--from the Persian Gulf could overtax their native lands and stir political unrest. While singling out no particular country, Secretary of State Shultz cautioned last week, "History teaches that nations in deep economic distress are more vulnerable to political instability, to the simplistic appeals of demagogues who preach siren songs of war and confrontation as a diversion from home...
...promised Senator Edward Kennedy that 19 more refuseniks would be allowed to emigrate to the West. The Soviet leader thus multiplied the goodwill he had reaped for himself and also made sure that President Reagan would have to share credit with a leading liberal Democrat for this latest exodus of Soviet Jews...
Congressional staffers also cash in by selling their expertise and connections. Indeed, members of the House Ways and Means Committee were concerned that the President's tax-reform bill would provoke an exodus of staffers into the lobbying ranks. Their fears were not unfounded: the committee's chief counsel, John Salmon, quit to work as a lobbyist for the law firm of Dewey, Ballantine; James Healey, former aide to Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, quit to join Black, Manafort...