Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Specific figures were unobtainable because of the constant influx of contribu-in the Wadsworth House headquarters, but Perkins estimated that $31,000 had been received by last night. This is still $9,000 short of the University quota of $40,000, with the greatest deficit among the student body...
...hearty radical blessings to moderate Avila Camacho. Minister Padilla-who was being toasted by the British for having resumed British-Mexican relations-found himself the man of a Mexican hour. Avila Camacho was hailed in the Senate as the liberator of his people. Businessmen expected increased confidence, an influx of foreign capital, an era of prosperity, a boom. Economists said that Mexico's industrialization would now begin. (U.S. editorialists calculated that the agreement would discourage investment in Mexico.) Mexico's enthusiasm was a remarkable revelation of how much Mexico had wanted a settlement-some kind of settlement...
...moment, in every community in the United States affected by nearby army camps and there are thousands. These communities are facing problems of recreation of housing, of education. Fayetteville faces the responsibility of entertaining the Draftee in his leisure time. Holsburg, an industrial town, must adapt itself to the influx of defence workers, by building new houses for them by keeping its schools open at night so that they may learn new techniques...
...Partitioning of Greece is foreshadowed by the deportation of thousands of Greeks from Thrace and Macedonia, by an influx of Bulgarians to occupy the abandoned homes and farms...
...rush last summer caused a tremendous influx of business in the Bureau. Since it does not generally hand high-paying factory and defense jobs (though it can fill them when they come in) a lot of students got this sort of work through their families and friends. Consequently Miss Baldwin, who deals out the moderate-salaried camp positions, had to turn down a good many employers. Things begin to get hectic around the middle of March, when parents are looking for sailing instructors, camps for swimming coaches, and when students start to register...