Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Charles Martel beat back Muslim hordes in 732, the sleepy French city of Poitiers is again a war zone. This time the defenders are French customs agents trying to hold back an invasion of Japanese video recorders. This year alone, 550,000 (85% of total sales) were sold, an influx authorities fear could cripple France's own fledgling video recorder industry and deepen its projected $14 billion foreign trade deficit. When hefty new $65 annual licensing fees failed to dent demand, the government turned to obstructionism. Henceforth, decreed the French government, every Japanese recorder would have to clear...
Before the season started there was a special feeling about this year's team. With a new coach, a new organization and an Influx of talented freshmen the future looked bright...
Based on the premise that undocumented migrant workers "take jobs from Americans," the employers' sanctions in S. 2222 are unlikely to work. Employers in southwestern states use Mexican farm labor systematically. Many of their businesses depend on the seasonal influx from south of the border. It's hard to see how a $2000 fine per illegal worker--levied only after two warnings and a lengthy adjudication process--would influence many growers to end this lucrative practice. In any case, by liberalizing the rules governing the so-called "H-2" seasonal workers program, S. 2222 actually increases some employers' incentive...
...flood that is deeply disturbing U.S. labor leaders, who fear that the new arrivals will accept low wages and take jobs from American workers at a time of high unemployment. More than half a million Mexicans made the crossing in 1981, and border police expect a much greater influx this year. Says William Chambers, director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service office in Dallas: "Mexicans are now in a situation where they can hardly exist. They are desperately trying to make a living...
Such a statement is undoubtedly true for the UAW. Its membership has tumbled from 1.5 million in 1979 to 1.2 million today. Over 250,000 of those workers are laid off, and most have dim hope of regaining their positions. At the same time, the influx of new members has virtually dried up because any auto-company hiring is now almost exclusively from the ranks of the jobless...