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...homeless population that is working and for them to stay in a place that takes an hour and a half to get to work from is a very big drawback.” Whether these census results accurately express a worsening economic situation in Cambridge or are an inflow of homeless persons from elsewhere in the state, the issue of homelessness remains a top priority for city officials. “Homelessness happens in the city,” said City Councillor Sam Seidel. “In Cambridge, it happens on Cambridge streets, which means that Cambridge resources must...
...Chinese art or Indian art is too expensive, so maybe we'll try looking in Vietnam,'" says Suzanne Lecht, the American director of the Art Vietnam Gallery in Hanoi. "Artists who could barely afford anything a few years ago can now drive luxury cars." But the rapid cash inflow has put commercial pressure on these artists to churn out foreigner-friendly images that don't stretch their imaginations. Many galleries are complicit, preferring to stock interchangeable images of women in conical hats strolling past crumbling French architecture. "Art students know they can make a good living painting these themes," says...
...Last March, the couple played host to Chavez, and allowed him to use his visit to stage a rally against the U.S. and President Bush - who in Chavez-speak is both "a political cadaver" and "an imperialist knight." But the Kirchners are not too happy about one recent inflow of Venezuelan money into Argentina - especially if it jeopardizes Mrs. Kirchner's still-formidable advantage in the race to succeed her husband in October...
...1660s, the labor equation changed: increased supplies made it cheaper to buy African slaves than white indentures, and the former were also considered less rebellious. The turn toward black slavery did not reduce the inflow of white immigrants, as happened in the sugar islands. Instead, a large white population developed of small and even midsize farmers who relied on their own or nonslave white labor. As the black population grew and increasingly became the labor force of lite whites, both attitudes and laws changed. By 1662 the children of all slave women were declared slaves in perpetuity. Five years...
...introduction and to an article about America’s struggles to adapt its Social Security system to meet the reality of an ageing society. America, as the article rightly notes, does not face an unmanageably difficult situation because of its high birthrate, growing economy, and massive immigration inflow...