Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Several members of the Norwegian Parliament received scrawled notes threatening death if they voted to join the Common Market; religious extremists railed against the possibility of a Catholic influx from Western Europe into Lutheran Norway. But after four days of sober debate, ending in a solid 113-37 vote of approval, Norway last week formally applied for full membership in the thriving six-nation economic community...
...schools as well as the suburbs. One recent study showed that some city schools are still using 1933 history books and 1935 science books. New York City employs more teachers than any of 43 states; yet many suburbs have twice as many teachers per 1,000 students. And an influx of less "academically talented" Negroes and Puerto Ricans has made much city teaching more custodial than academic. While suburban teachers tinker with exciting experiments, city teachers grapple with remedial reading and "toilet patrol...
Faubus' political genius is in the best American tradition--he is a great reconciler of conflicting interests. He won the support of businessmen by policies designed to encourage an influx of industry (keeping unions weak, and taxes low); he attracted the state's labor force, by increasing the minimum wage (from 50 to 75 cents); and his brief performance as a stemmer of the "black tide" gained him the hearts and votes of the right wing...
...influx of concentrators newly interested in music underscored the necessity for at least basic mastery of piano technique on the part of each concentrator. Music cannot, after all, be studied well without enough piano skill to train the ear, to read scores and to develop a modicum of acquaintance with actual presentation of the art. The department required such ability at the piano under Professor Merritt's chairmanship, although no credit was granted for the fulfillment of this requirement. The appointment of a distinguished pianist, Miss Luise Vosgerchian, to direct the instruction has given it new emphasis...
...capital and labor begin to move freely among them. By 1970, when the last internal tariffs are removed, the Common Market ought to be a glowingly healthy economic organism. Not so the British Commonwealth of Nations, whose postwar growth is static by comparison, and whose chances for a significant influx of investment capital are negligible...