Word: flock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Immigrants flock to certain fields for a variety of reasons. The new occupations are often adaptations of what the immigrants did before. "People look for a match between what they can do and what offers an opportunity," says Harvard Sociologist Nathan Glazer. "They try to find a niche, and what's surprising is that there's always a niche to fill." Jewish tailors from Central and Eastern Europe became important in the American garment industry in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Chinese laborers, barred by discrimination from many occupations in the American West, found that they could become entrepreneurs...
Still, new firms continue to flock to the field. "There are 375 to 400 companies manufacturing or marketing personal computers," says Ken Lim, an analyst at Dataquest, a consulting firm. "That's 300 to 350 more than anyone needs." Though sales of personal computers are slumping, they remain much healthier than those of mainframe machines...
...moderate in build (5 ft. 9 in.) and pale of mien. He used to speak in a squeaky voice when excited, but he conquered it by forcing himself to take short breaths in midsentence. Smith can walk the floors of auto shows unrecognized, while customers and dealers flock to see his better-known rival, Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca...
...growing number of young, highly educated professionals flock to the northern shore of the Charles River, Cambridge's ever-changing demographics say much about the direction the city is taking...
...handful of scholars go out of their way to make their classes "fun." And while many courses draw huge crowds because they are noted "guts," and while many of the introductory courses till the largest lecture halls, there are a few courses at Harvard that students flock to simply because they are "fun" to attend...