Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same time, university expansion and the influx of new residents "has led to all kinds of relocations," Duehay said. Since Cambridge is only six square miles in size, land is "extremely precious," he said...
...Africa would henceforth grant citizenship to those blacks who live in the country's urban areas but are nominal citizens of the four "independent" homelands created within the boundaries of South Africa over the past nine years. A day later, a presidential commission recommended to Botha the scrapping of "influx control" regulations, or pass laws, by which the movements of South African blacks have been controlled since...
...Helen Suzman, a veteran antiapartheid Member of Parliament, called the proposed changes "probably the most important step forward in 30 years." Botha had said nothing about parliamentary representation for the black majority, she conceded, let alone the right to vote. But, she said, "the abolition of pass laws and influx control, to my mind, is something that should be welcomed by every South African hoping for a peaceful solution...
...become one of the most influential forces calling for major reforms. By voting shares and by communicating with management, the University can urge firms in its portfolio not only to improve the conditions of their nonwhite workers by implementing the Sullivan principles but also to express their opposition to influx control laws and other apartheid measures. It can also urge companies to leave South Africa it their continued presence promises to do more harm than good...
During the past year, the University has also written to all portfolio companies with operations in South Africa urging them to oppose the influx control laws, which are central to the apartheid system. The replies of these companies reveal that most are now taking basic steps in this area, either by aiding their black employees to overcome the obstacles that apartheid raises against their choice of where to live and work, by supporting organizations working against the influx control laws, or by meeting directly with officials of the South African government to urge repeal of the laws. We continue...