Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...illegals help preserve and even create jobs in the U.S. Especially in industries facing competition from low-cost imports, these experts say, the availability of immigrant labor can make the difference between survival and bankruptcy. It is claimed that the garment industry in Florida thrives largely because of the influx of Hispanics. Says Warren Henderson, an official with the Florida department of commerce: "Without an abundant pool of willing workers at a relatively low cost, many industries will be forced to shut down entirely or move offshore...
...unfair reduction in admissions of Asian students. It is a claim that officials stoutly deny. While Asians seeking to buy or rent homes suffer far less hostility than in the past, the tendency of many ethnic communities to settle in clusters still bothers some whites. During the rapid influx of Chinese into California's Monterey Park, for example, bumper stickers appeared reading WILL THE LAST AMERICAN TO LEAVE MONTEREY PARK PLEASE BRING THE FLAG...
...ruling by the Strasbourg-based court is not legally enforceable, but British Home Secretary Leon Brittan promised that the immigration law would be changed. The government had argued that the law was useful in controlling the influx of immigrant workers during a period of high domestic unemployment. The court's finding could affect as many as 2,000 couples a year. The women who brought the suit are Arcely Cabales from the Philippines, Sohair Balkandali from Egypt and Nargis Abdulaziz from Malawi. Ironically, they will not be affected: in the four years since their legal action got under way, they...
...Magic Bullet, his first book, Professor Brandt provides a comprehensive history of venereal disease. He traces the beginnings of venereal disease hysteria to the progressive era, when the future of the Victorian-style family was being threatened by the influences of industrialization, urbanization, and a huge influx of "licentious" immigrants...
...area we've gone much further than the article gave us credit for. We have written to every company in the portfolio which does business in South Africa urging them to actively oppose influx control laws and inquiring about sales to the South African military and police, not simply to computer firms, as the article suggested...