Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Faded Star. Its Jewishness has been systematically squelched. There has been no significant influx of the Soviet Union's 2,500,000 Jews since World War II. The total population of an area twice the size of New Jersey is barely 160,000, "half Jewish, two-thirds urban." Young Jews leave to seek better opportunities elsewhere; Frankel met one in the train who spoke with "contempt" of the city of Birobidzhan (pop. 60,000) as "a city of three streets...
...reasons of state, as well as personal inclination, Nehru was following a policy of see-no-evil, speak-no-evil regarding Red China. There were reports that he had sent additional troop re-enforcements to the Tibet border; he was known not to wish to be subjected to an influx of Tibetan refugees...
Over the postwar years a dozen nationalities have streamed into Austria, seeking asylum, filling refugee camps, and-despite large-scale international aid-burdening the Austrian economy. After the influx of nearly 200,000 Hungarians, Austria in self-defense decided to limit the flow. Reading between the lines of the Geneva Refugee Convention. Austria decided to distinguish economic refugees from political refugees. Since "economic"' refugees are those in quest of a better life -not (in the language of the Convention) fleeing persecution-Austria concluded that they could be deported...
...French shanty town. The city grew into a strategic centre for shipping, communications and the military; prosperity returned to the Calvinists, but only at the price of a middle class invasion from which they never really recovered. At war's end, demobilization in Europe brought a huge influx of refugees--not merely the weary Britons looking for a second chance, but also a dynamic hoard of bright-eyed central and east Europeans. The newcomers, adaptable and eager to make good, often had technical skills and or artistic talents...
...influx of an outstanding group of Freshmen, who boast a victory over Yale among their laurels, the Crimson should be greatly improved next year. Despite this, chances for a Yale victory next season are slim...