Word: exodusing
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...Only a fool would dare predict Afghanistan's future. But if the insurgents get their way, Kabul's renovated airport could get some real use in an exodus of Westerners...
...office in New Orleans throughout the oil bust of the 1980s and the following decades of industry consolidation, when dozens of energy firms all but abandoned New Orleans for greener pastures on the Texas coast. In the nearly two years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city, the pace of exodus has accelerated, complicating New Orleans' halting recovery; according to the local business weekly CityBusiness, the metropolitan area has lost 12 of the 23 publicly traded companies headquartered here, taking white-collar jobs, corporate community support and sorely needed taxpayers with them - and threatening to leave the city even more dependent...
...engaged couple, have come to the same conclusion but for purely economic reasons. He figures he needs to earn three times as much as he does now to afford married life. There are few such jobs in Baghdad, so he plans to leave the country, joining the massive exodus of Iraqis that has already swelled the populations of neighboring Jordan and Syria. But Ali is late: whatever jobs may have existed in Jordanian and Syrian universities have been scooped up by Iraqi academics who got there first; Ali has made one futile job-hunting trip to Damascus. Now Jordan...
...Brigit M. Helgen ’08, concentrating in religion has meant dealing with what she calls “a huge exodus in professors.” Neither of her two most recent academic advisors will be here next year. Helgen called Orsi and Lewis the “best professors” she has ever had at Harvard, remarking that their departure will deal a “big blow to the committee...
...what's the solution? One clue can be found in the failed amnesty of 1986, widely viewed as the genesis of the current crisis. The moment newly legalized farmworkers realized they had better options, they left for the cities instead of staying in low-paying agriculture jobs. Their exodus from the fields opened the door to an even larger wave of illegal immigration. And that raises the question, Will American agriculture ever pay enough to attract American citizens rather than just illegals? If it did, the newly legalized millions who are currently working in the fields might be inclined...