Word: influxes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Grahams say they are looking forward to the fall and the influx of new students. "Students have always been a very big part of our lives," Barbara Graham says. "This in some ways really extends that commitment and interest...
Winthrop faces a few problems, though. With the influx of more sophomores and transfers, some students will have to live in the new DeWolfe St. building a block away. And senior singles are no longer guaranteed...
This year has seen an influx of morally unassailable products. Environmentally sound packaging and recycled computer paper have attracted both attention and buyers. The latest example of this trend is children's literature. Marketed as stories for the entire family, these books more often serve to appease the moral conscience of adults than to entertain the children on whose shelves and bed tables they are deposited...
Native Israelis are torn between their joy in welcoming so many Jews to the country they consider their rightful home and the high cost that the influx is exacting. Longtime residents face stiff tax hikes, rent increases and competition for jobs. The new arrivals are finding themselves in lines almost as long as the ones back in the U.S.S.R. to obtain services from an overwhelmed bureaucracy. Many of the immigrants are educated far beyond the means of Israel's cramped economy to employ them, and face an uphill challenge to find suitable jobs -- or any jobs...
Moderates like Peres argue that the presence of so many more Jews will give Israel the confidence to make sacrifices at the negotiating table. But hard- liners view the influx as a stunning victory in the demographic war against the Palestinians -- and a mandate for a Greater Israel. Critics who suggest that Shamir will be forced to negotiate with the Palestinians once the Persian Gulf crisis is resolved may be disappointed: the staggering migration could make Shamir largely immune. If his government can house and employ the immigrants without bankrupting the economy, the Prime Minister may be able to mold...