Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...East St. Louis, Ill., like many urban centers, has seen its tax base steadily eroded by a flight of relatively well-off whites and an influx of low-income blacks, who now constitute 70% of its 68,000 population. The city is desperately short of policemen, firemen, sanitation workers, teachers and public housing. "We are even begging for paint to fix up our high school," says Mayor James E. Williams. In order to pay its bills, the city began selling as many bonds as Illinois law permits. When that proved insufficient, it resorted to an annual charade. The city would...
...cities like Danang, Nha Trang, Qui Nhon, Pleiku, Kontum and Ban Me Thuot have been even more spectacular. Smaller cities and towns have also had extraordinary growth rates, with many provincial capitals doubling or tripling their population in two or three years. The principal reason for this massive influx of population into the urban areas is, of course, the intensification of the war following the commitment of American combat troops in 1965. About 1,500,000 of the total increase in urban population is accounted for by refugees, half still in refugee camps and others settled in new areas...
...furor brought an unwelcome influx of journalists, whom the opportunistic local fishermen charged $280 per round trip from a Tasmanian port. But now the interest has ebbed, and Jane has been left alone to write poems and start work on a book, play the flute and dive for crayfish and abalone to supplement her diet of cereal, canned goods and homegrown vegetables...
Seven other proposals were suggested by the Freshman Council in its meeting on Monday night. All propose various methods of handling the predicted influx of freshmen, either by letting Harvard freshmen spill into the Radcliffe Houses, equalizing the male-female ratio in all freshman housing, or setting up a special women's dormitory in the Yard...
...their part, the Russians sent a stern note to President Yahya urging him to seek a political solution that would end the bitter civil war in East Pakistan and halt the influx of refugees into India. The Soviets have also used their influence with New Delhi to call for restraints on India. Under the terms of a 20-year "friendship treaty" signed in August, Moscow and New Delhi are obliged to consult when either is threatened with attack. Since the Russians are known to want no part of a conflict that could bring China in on Pakistan's side, they...