Word: exoduses
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When one leaves, it's nothing unusual. When two leave, it's little out of the ordinary. But when three tenured professors announce in a period of two weeks that they will say farewell to Harvard, it looks like a mass exodus...
...large bridges or population centers, Kunar does not lend itself to mechanized warfare. But the fact has not deterred the Soviet juggernaut. Few towns lying near the sinuous Kunar River have escaped. Chenar and Dangam, first bombed by MiGs, were later also hit by rocket-firing helicopters. The exodus of 6,000 refugees from Kunar into Pakistan has left the area between the border and the river eerily quiet. But the hills have not been abandoned. No mountain is without its militia. After escorting their women into Pakistan, most men return, climb a few thousand feet higher and join...
...class Kabulis, the technically trained, the businessmen, those with some Western-style education or language ability. In addition to the 600,000 staunchly Muslim rural Afghans who have voted with their feet in the past 18 months by crossing the mountains into Pakistan, there is a new and growing exodus by Kabulis and other urbanized Afghans...
...cultures within the school which were not interacting," Bok announced last fall his decision to transfer CRP to the K-School this July. Despite Kain's claim that such a step was long-awaited, many students and teachers at both schools balked when they realized that the planned CRP exodus would cause tremendous in-conveniences...
...Though neither of the releases was large enough to require reporting under federal regulations, local officials and citizens thought they should have been told. "Public attitudes are improving," said Arnold, "but we still have some image problems." Economically, Middletown appears to be in good condition. There was no mass exodus of frightened families. The local real estate market is about what it was and, reported an agent, would probably be a lot better if mortgage money were more readily available. Retail business in the community has actually improved, at least in part because of the influx of well-paid plant...