Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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UNTIL 1960, a majority of Texans lived outside of the state's urban areas. With the influx of big business led by the nation's major oil companies, this balance rapidly shifted. Today, rural counties account for only about 30 per cent of the vote in Texas, but these districts are still considered "swing" areas. "They've always been solidly Democratic, but in recent years, especially in (former U.S. Senator) Ralph Yarborough's case, there's been some migration," explained John C. White, state Commissioner of Agriculture and co-chairman of the Texas McGovern-Shriver campaign. "Like the people...
Still, the Asians must find jobs in one of the worst and most prolonged periods of unemployment in Britain's postwar history. Before the influx, there were already 600,000 Asians in the country. Their coexistence with vocal pockets of racism was at best an uneasy one, and there were fears that the situation might be exacerbated by the new immigrants. Some quarters of the Asian community have rallied round, however. A group of prominent East African Asians already established in Britain have quietly assembled investment capital to assist the refugees in rebuilding their fortunes. They are urging them...
Those profits attract investment funds from a variety of sources. Switzerland is so fretful about an influx of tainted narcotics money that the government has announced a special drive to screen numbered bank accounts for illegal uses. While there is no financial "octopus" for drug money in Switzerland, there are ways in which capital flows into narcotics. Money invested in clandestine companies registered in the name of a "manufacturer's representative" or "legal representative" often finds its way into the drug underworld...
...ALLURE of living near Harvard and MIT has drawn large numbers of students and young professionals into Cambridge. The influx of young people who are either affluent or communally-oriented has sent rents sky-rocketing and sent working class families looking for homes elsewhere. Although Cambridge has lost population since 1960, there has been a 45 per cent increase in the number of 20-to-24-year olds in the past decade. Meanwhile, the median rent has gone from $63 to $119 a month...
Robert Bowyer, head of Cambridge's Department of Planning and Development, worries that the character of the Square may be corrupted by the influx of tourists...