Word: flows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whatever its wider aims, the offensive failed to squelch the guerrillas, who number anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000. Bolstered by their religious zeal-and, more practically, by a flow of arms and supplies from abroad-they are grimly determined to rid their homeland of the hated invader. "The Islamic faith is the force behind our jihad [holy war]," says Rebel Unit Commander Mohammed Anwar. "If we thought this was an ordinary battle, we could not fight the Soviets...
...borders." Along the 2,000-mile southern frontier, seizures are 30% to 50% higher than last spring. The northern border is emerging as a convenient back door for refugees from the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East, most of whom can enter Canada without a visa; the flow there is up by 30% to 40%. INS Border Patrols are swamped. Says veteran Texas Officer Jack Richardson: "It's like sword fighting with Zorro with a short knife...
...bill is chafing the sometimes difficult relationship between the neighboring countries. Historically, the lax border enforcement has worked to the advantage of both. The U.S. has used Mexico as a backup labor source, and Mexico has counted on the annual flow of its natives as a "safety valve" for relieving the pressure of its high unemployment. Although the Mexican government of Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado has avoided taking a public position, Mexican leaders complain bitterly in private that the U.S. is making a unilateral decision about a problem the countries share and is "criminalizing" the immigrants...
...small village outside of Nairobi, Kenya where several Kennedy School of Government professors are travelling informally. A villager approaches Richard J. Zeckhauser, professor of Political Economy, to ask for help with a water flow problem: would Professor Zeckhauser know how to design a new system which would prevent the waste stream from contaminating the fresh water supply...
Those favoring divestiture contend that the flow of foreign capital has not improved conditions for Blacks in the country the gap between white and Black wages was not significantly altered during the years in which economic growth was fueled by foreign investment. Moreover, few Blacks have been accepted in managerial positions in commerce and industry. In some cases increased American investment has made industry more capital intensive and actually reduced the number of Black employees. And, during the period of great economic growth. Black political rights have, if anything, been reduced by the growth of discriminatory and repressive legislation...