Word: exodusing
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Founded by two Zionist groups, the tiny line - named ZIM from a contraction of two Hebrew words meaning merchant marine-ran the British blockade with such doughty ships as the Exodus, the inspiration of the novel by Leon Uris. Today ZIM sails on as a firm worth an estimated $140 million; its six passenger ships and 34 freighters carry 41% of all Israel's imports and 26% of its exports. This year ZIM plans to add another 19 cargo ships, which will make it one of the world's dozen largest lines, comparing respectably with Cunard (whose gross...
...such eminent scientists as the University of Bristol's Maurice Pryce, chief of the theoretical physics division at the government atomic energy center at Harwell, and Anthony Pople, head of the basic physics research at the Teddington National Laboratory, also said they were leaving for the U.S., the exodus touched off a political uproar...
...reason for the recent exodus of European and British scientists to the U.S., he explained, is that advancement on American faculties is relatively more flexible and rapid than "the long, laborious process" by which scholars gain professional stature in Europe...
...soon got her first $35 dubbing job as the singing voice of Margaret O'Brien. The Instant Voice, as her husband calls her, is 32 now, makes about $10,000 for a major film dub. Her husband, Ernest Gold, writes movie scores (TIME, Jan. 17), notably for Exodus and Judgment at Nuremberg...
Four big U.S. companies-Campbell Soup, Carborundum, General Foods and Grumman-have already left Switzerland because of local restrictions. If the Swiss Parliament adopts the federal government's tough new program next month, as it is expected to, the exodus of U.S. companies is likely to increase. But the Swiss seem to prefer a possible drastic slowdown in their economy to the risk that foreigners might bring on further inflation...