Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than a percentage point, taking 11.8% of the vote and 17 seats. The returns seemed to reflect less a sudden shift in the electorate's ideological complexion than a general dissatisfaction with the larger parties. Chronic housing shortages, spiraling rents, tightened health and pension programs and a continuing influx of ethnic Germans and asylum-seeking refugees all conspired to deal the Christian Democrats what Diepgen called a "devastating reversal...
...bring diversity is a new form of tokenism. The randomly assigned students do not benefit from losing their choice and being placed in an environment in which they may be less comfortable, and the upperclassmen will not suddenly transcend their perceptions of house and self because of an influx of 40 token, unexpected sophomores. These students are being used to pacify the University's embarrassment over house stereotypes, which block Harvard's dream of perfect diversity...
...residents say they do not see big development in such lofty terms. At nearly every City Council meeting, one community group or another can be found lobbying against a new building. And the person who gets most of the blame--along with much of the praise--for the steady influx of new developments is Healy, the city's top administrator...
...survey conducted last year revealed that upperclassmen find that living in a house they selected as freshmen has little bearing on their ultimate satisfaction with the house. It seems a small price to pay considering an ideal alternative, that of all 12 houses gaining a continual, mild influx of the community diversity Harvard so proudly invokes...
...from Nicaragua. Fleeing economic misery and political persecution in that embattled Central American country, as many as 200 refugees a day are hitting town. By the end of this year, an estimated 100,000 more Nicaraguans will seek refuge in Miami. The city has not experienced such an overwhelming influx since the Mariel boatlift deposited 125,000 Cuban refugees...