Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bill Bradley, former Princeton star and present forward for the New York Knicks, started the influx nine years ago when he led Simmenthal of Milan to a European championship while attending Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. Some of the current crop of imports are also well known back home: Tom McMillen, the 6-ft. 11-in. star for the University of Maryland last year, continues the Bradley tradition by commuting from Oxford to play weekly games for Sinudyne of Bologna. Jim McDaniels, who plays for Snaidero of Udine, was once a high-priced player for the Seattle Supersonics...
...suggested parking arrangement of 400 on-site spaces and 300 back-up spots will be more than sufficient to handle the influx of tourists, the statement concludes...
Many groups and individuals, principally those who live near or frequent Harvard Square are concerned that an influx of tourists attracted by the museum portion of the Library will contribute traffic noise and air pollution to what they consider an already congested situation...
...pilgrims to Rome who visit St. Peter's and three other basilicas-St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls-will receive a papal plenary indulgence: full remission of any temporal punishment (i.e., time in purgatory) they may have earned for their sins. The influx of tourists-at least 4 million are predicted-could be a mixed blessing for Italy. It is bound to help the country's disastrous balance of payments deficit, but it could also severely strain Rome's already overtaxed urban facilities...
...influx of people gives the impression of great hustle and bustle among the ruins," reports TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn, who recently visited Suez city. "Three knocked-out Israeli tanks are gathering rust at the entrance to the city, with little children playing soldiers on them. In a building still blackened from being burned out, a baker pulls trays of flat bread out of the makeshift oven, while a shop opened beneath twisted iron shutters offers transistors and domestic appliances. Above the din of the crowd, there is the hum of bulldozers and the clatter of sledgehammers as workers...