Word: flows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forced repatriation of Hong Kong's 44,217 Vietnamese boat people is about to begin. The U.S. opposes the new policy on humanitarian grounds, at least until conditions in Viet Nam change for the better. But the British government, convinced that less stringent policies will not stop the flow of illegal immigrants to the crown colony, is determined to go ahead. Under the plan, the British and Hong Kong governments will reportedly provide about $620 in cash for each deportee, or a total of $27 million if all who are currently in the colony are sent home...
Even so, neither president sought to gloss over differences on two topics, the Soviets' call for cuts in naval forces and American anger at the continued flow of Soviet weapons to leftist rebels in El Salvador...
...wanted to get into the flow of the game," Harvard Coach Peter Roby said. "Sometimes, when you pressure, you make mediocre teams better because you give them easy buckets. We knew UNH would have a tough time scoring on us and we didn't want to help them out. We wanted to pick our spots on pressure and concentrate on playing well in the halfcourt...
...1970s Latin America imported from the U.S. significant amounts of goods. In the 1980s that flow dropped as much as 80% in some areas, such as automobiles and tractors. The decrease was a fundamental cause of the great fiscal deficit of the U.S. The recovery of Latin America's economy should have the same significance for the U.S. as Europe's recovery had during the Marshall Plan...
...musical winner of the season, bringing to mind, if not quite matching, the kinetic narratives of Harold Prince, Bob Fosse and Michael Bennett in their heyday. Tune takes a set more cluttered than Threepenny's -- fluted columns, a revolving door, dozens of chairs -- and weaves around it a ceaseless flow. If some of the wizardry is borrowed from bygone auteur directors, that is in keeping with the real meaning of Brecht's dictum: know enough to take the best from the best...