Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lion of prides, a place apart. It is the last American arena with a special, nurtured identity, its own sometimes unfashionable regard for the soil, for family ties, for the authority of God and country. Despite the influx of outsiders, the South remains a redoubt of old American tenets, enshrined for centuries by the citizenry...
More than anything else, the strife in Lebanon is responsible for Britain's Arab influx. Most of the recent arrivals are vacationers from Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states, or temporary refugees from Beirut. In the past, rich sheiks from the desert states fled to the cool mountains of Lebanon for the summer; this year they went to England, only to meet an unprecedented heat wave. Many Beirutis use London as a haven for their families and a substitute financial capital while they continue to do business by jetting around the Middle East. "London was the next best...
...fast." It underestimated the cost of new vehicles and spent more than it could afford-about $15 million in the past three years-on research and development of its dream vehicles and other new products. The 1974-75 recession wiped out orders just when the company desperately needed an influx of new business to cover development costs (its high sales came from longstanding orders). In addition, Rohr got into disputes with customers over the quality of those vehicles it did sell. San Francisco's BART is suing Rohr and 17 other companies for $145 million, alleging poor performance...
...work, scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research isolated frontalin, a pheromone released by the female western pine beetle to attract other beetles when it finds a tree suitable for feeding and nesting. They also isolated verbenome, a pheromone given off by the males to stop the influx of beetles to the tree after the proper balance of males and females is achieved. After synthesizing both pheromones, the researchers applied both of them to several trees. Approaching beetles were so confused that they lost their nesting and mating instincts and dispersed into the forest. Capitalizing on the irresistible...
...immigrants who today are changing the face of America. Though many people think of mass immigration as a closed chapter in the nation's history, more than 1,000 newcomers now arrive in the U.S. every day. Since American birth rates are declining, that influx from abroad represents about one-fifth of the nation's annual increase in population. The new immigrants are changing local styles, too. Miami's Eighth Street is now Calle Ocho, the main thoroughfare of bustling Little Havana