Word: exoduses
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...Their exodus begins on foot or by truck from primitive dwellings in the northwestern reaches of Ethiopia. In the past, those who managed to survive the arduous trek across the famine-ravaged land then had to endure, sometimes for years, squalid life in sprawling refugee camps on the Sudanese side of the border. They are called Falashas in Ethiopia, which in the Amharic language means "strangers" or "ones without a place." But they have always had a spiritual home: Israel. Although these Ethiopians are black, they are also Jews, and they long for the Promised Land. The Israeli government...
...Falashas' surreptitious exodus has for years been an open secret in Israel and throughout Africa. And Ethiopian authorities have not objected to Jews emigrating to Israel to be reunited with their families. Nevertheless, Israeli military censors tried hard to prevent word of Operation Moses from leaking out, fearing that publicity might result in Ethiopia's or Sudan's slamming the door shut. The rescue mission was grudgingly acknowledged after Yehuda Dominitz, director-general of the immigration department of the quasi- governmental Jewish Agency, revealed its existence in an interview with Nekuda, a small West Bank Jewish settlers' newspaper...
...support of their two superiors. At almost the same time, Mother Teresa visited the hospital, and the city, to bring spiritual comfort. As news of the factory's resumption began to spread, even patients who could hardly walk checked out of the hospital and joined the mass exodus. Wards that had been overflowing just one week earlier were left almost empty...
While the FDIC thinks a fresh group of directors will be helpful to Continental, the sudden turnover could leave the bank with a leadership gap. Said ousted Director Bere: "A mass exodus of board members only complicates the problems the bank is facing." The FDIC originally wanted the directors to leave immediately, but Continental Chairman John Swearingen persuaded the agency to allow them to serve until April, when replacements can be elected at the company's annual meeting. Given Continental's troubles, the new slate of directors may have full-time jobs on their hands...
...California. In 1981 only half were made there, and in the past two years the number has dwindled to about a third. In fact, of 42 films shooting in the U.S. last week, only nine were being made in California. For the stars, who can find work anywhere, the exodus from Hollywood means little. But for thousands of film technicians and journeymen performers it increasingly signals mass unemployment. According to a study by the Los Angeles Film Development Committee, the state's economy lost $1.6 billion to other states between 1979 and 1982 through cutbacks in movie production...