Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...influx of Harvard-trained government professionals to the nation's capital is beginning to alter the time-honored fabric of Congressional networking. For example, law was considered a quick and prestigious route to a career in government once, but the Kennedy School in 1968 introduced a new academic route for those interested in public sector careers...
...influx of Harvard-trained government professionals to the nation's capital is beginning to alter the time-honored fabric of Congressional networking. For example, law was considered a quick and prestigious route to a career in government once, but the Kennedy School in 1968 introduced a new academic route for those interested in public sector careers...
...French are enthusiastic about such campaigns to maintain linguistic purity. Languages must evolve to survive, argues Author Jean- Francois Revel, and much of the resistance to the influx of foreign words is thinly disguised "French xenophobia." Indeed, French has long been enriched by English expressions (not to mention such charming Anglo-French jumbles as le smoking for a tuxedo), just as English has absorbed such words as bouquet and carrousel. Others believe that the invasion of English is inevitable, especially in technical and business fields, and urge that more Frenchmen give in and learn to speak it. Says French Foreign...
...because the average age of sisters is now 62, and the number of novices is extremely low. Partly on account of the loss of nuns and the rising costs that result, overall parochial-school enrollments have dropped in the same period, from 5.6 million to 2.9 million, despite an influx of non- Catholic students in some urban schools...
...Gangs are prospering because crime pays in the ghetto. Many gangs have made the deadly transition from switchblade bravado to organized crime, serving as highly efficient distributors for Colombian cocaine dealers. Stiff competition has prompted bloody firefights in broad daylight over market share, while the influx of drug money provides topflight weapons, fancy cars and high-tech surveillance equipment. Once an adolescent phase, gang membership is now a full-time job, enticing many members to stay well into their...