Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stonebreaker praised Harvard for its "good" graduate students and added that as its computer science program was in an embryonic stage. "An influx of money could do a great deal of good...
City demographics are changing rapidly, DiCara adds, noting the departure of many middle class whites to the suburbs and the influx of Blacks, Hispanics, and gays...
...such agreement, however, could easily spark another coup by revolutionary elements within the military. The powerful radicals, says a former Ghanaian army officer, would "like to turn Ghana into a Cuba overnight and get rid of the last vestiges of private enterprise." As Rawlings vacillates between unpalatable alternatives, the influx of refugees brings not only the promise of serious food shortages but a dangerous infusion of unfulfilled expectations. Says returning Construction Worker Joseph Azah: "We left Ghana to escape rural poverty. We are not coming back to grow cassava." The flight lieutenant may soon regret that he cannot offer anything...
...mishap became a tragedy when the refugees-- kicked out of their adopted country-- were told by their homeland that they were not welcome. The military government of Ghana-- which had sealed its borders to prevent smuggling-- refused at first to readmit the sudden influx of its own citizens. Ghana eventually did relent, setting up "transit camps" to record the masses. But the exodus is still a painful one, as many refugees are starving, and at least one person has already died...
...robust rise of the dollar, which on average gained 11.4% against the world's major currencies, added to the protectionist pressures. As American exports became more and more expensive and therefore less and less competitive in foreign markets, fears of a record trade deficit mounted. A copious influx of foreign capital, some in flight from economic and political instability abroad and some attracted by the high real rates of return in the U.S., held the dollar up. As West European governments kept their own interest rates high in order to stem the outflow of capital, their economies worsened...