Word: exoduses
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...school board in Canarsie, however, voted 5 to 4 not to accept the Brownsville children. The 1,600 pupils in the Wilson School are already 32% nonwhite (because of two nearby housing projects), and white parents expressed fears that the admission of more minority children might start a white exodus...
...parts of the trade agreement except one. Most-favored-nation status can be granted only by Congress, and therein hangs a potentially serious threat. No fewer than 76 Senators have gone on record as opposing MFN as long as Soviet officials continue trying to halt the swelling exodus of their Jewish citizens by charging exorbitant exit fees. The Soviets have privately recognized Nixon's lack of full power over the matter, and may be willing to loosen up on some restrictions in order to ensure clearance of the final hurdle blocking their much-desired access to American technology. Indeed...
...exodus of the Asians has already had an obvious effect on the economy of Kampala. Jobless Africans are clamoring for work at the city's hotels, which are running short of bread, soap and even gin; one must drink vodka to immunize oneself against the mosquito bites. Restaurants guard their menus like gold: most of the printing in the city was done by Asians. In the commercial sector of Kampala, nearly 80% of the shops are now shut and barred; in some the stock can be seen gathering dust behind the steel mesh placed across the windows. There...
Rumors of dissension in the board room, an exodus of top-level executives, and a decline in competitive vigor have rubbed some of the luster from David Rockefeller's Chase Manhattan Bank, the world's third largest. Last week Chairman Rockefeller made two related announcements. The bank's third-quarter earnings were down 10% from last year, to about $35 million. More surprisingly, President Herbert P. Patterson, 47, had resigned after scarcely three years in the $172,500-a-year job that he had reached after a 23-year career with Chase, his only employer...
...hopelessness and panic, compounded by the arrest of about 50 Jewish leaders and a spate of anti-Semitic articles in the Soviet press. The hopes inspired by the departure of 40,000 Soviet Jews for Israel in the past three years have been replaced by fear that the exodus will now come to a virtual halt. Nearly half a million Russian Jews may be stranded without jobs, since they are usually fired when they apply to leave the country. While the Israeli government knows of only 80,000 Jews still seeking visas, Jewish leaders in Moscow believe that the figure...