Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...summer tourism season swings into full gear after the Memorial Day weekend, U.S. hoteliers, theme-park operators, tour organizers and car-rental agencies are bracing for a flood of revenue, certain that the visitors will bring plenty of money to spread around. A Government survey done in 1986, when the dollar was 25% stronger, showed that an overseas traveler spent an average of $1,358 ($340 on gifts and souvenirs alone) while in the U.S. This year visitors are expected to inject some $10.7 billion into the U.S. economy. Partly because of this infusion, revenues for the U.S. hotel...
...last few years the pace has risen dramatically. Visitors who have not been back for a few years are amazed at the different atmosphere Gone are many of the book stores and cheap coffee shops that used to mark the neighborhood. Family-owned businesses have given way to a flood of banks and giant chain stores like Urban Outfitters, Bennetton...
...steady trickle of homegrown converts has been joining a flood of immigrants to create a sizable American Islamic community. The number of Muslims among those entering the U.S. has doubled in the past two decades, and they now constitute 14% of immigrants. Adding to the total is the indigenous movement formerly known as Black Muslims. Once seen as heretical by orthodox believers because of the unconventional and antiwhite doctrines propounded by Founder Elijah Muhammad, the group has shed those teachings and gained recognition by mainstream Islam. With these trends and their high birthrate, U.S. Muslims are expected to surpass Jews...
Both East and West might make significant advances by expanding their modest contacts in high-tech fields. Says Multi-Arc Chairman Peter Flood: "If we were prepared to let them benefit from our production-engineering expertise in exchange for the scientific contribution they can make, the whole world would be better...
Thanks to a flood of immigrants, converts and native believers, Islam will soon displace Judaism as America' s No. 2 faith...