Word: exoduses
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...exodus from Washington has become so apparent that WPB Boss Don Nelson has quietly started a drive to recruit new men from industry. But Charlie Wilson is a real bellwether. As long as he stays, many another WPBster will remain. When he goes, the rush will...
Teaching quick-witted Koreans was pleasant until the Japanese seized Manchuria (1931). Then the Japs dictated what should be taught, constantly suspected "dangerous thoughts." When one faculty member preached a chapel sermon on the exodus of the Israelites, the Japanese arrested him, charged him with preaching against them by parables. At last Dr. Underwood did not even dare visit Korean homes. Whenever he did, the Japanese police carted off his hosts to jail...
Berlin's Ministries and Government offices were leaving, too. This exodus reportedly began months ago, but it was far from complete when the R.A.F. began to strike in force. All vital offices, said Stockholm, would be or were being transferred elsewhere, as far as they could get from the R.A.F. bombers. Most of them, it appeared, would be set up anew in eastern cities; the Foreign Office was known to be going to Breslau. The Propaganda Ministry alone seemed likely to remain, at least temporarily; its presence in the capital was important for morale...
...second of these fantasmagerias (whew!) will be the mass Officer evacuation from "the big city" of Cambridge. The trains, busses, and taxis will be jammed with the happy exodus, while wailing hostesses pout fretfully as they cling to the walls of their respective USO, AOC and various and sundry organizations of recreation...
Food was seriously short. From some districts a mass exodus of the homeless and the frightened began. The long lines wound through the streets to the suburbs, where the trains functioned from undamaged stations...