Word: influxes
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...Equally important is religion's role as a safety net, especially when the government no longer provides free social services for its most impoverished citizens. Buddhist monasteries, which now shelter an estimated 200,000 monks, are reporting an influx of children whose parents feel the cloistered life is the best way to get their kids fed and educated. Others are spending what little money they have to court the gods. On the outskirts of Quanzhou, where locals pick tobacco leaves for a living, poor villagers have banded together to build a shrine to Kwanyin, the goddess of mercy. "We need...
...will be difficult if not impossible to settle the immigration problem without inciting emotions and stirring anger. There is no panacea available to Congress that will satisfy everyone. The influx of undocumented workers helps and burdens U.S. citizens, but the issue is so polarizing that Americans on both sides of the fence seldom seek compromise or consider the big picture. U.S. citizens who benefit from reduced prices at the supermarket also see their tax dollars strained to support overburdened hospitals, schools and social programs. The only reasonable solution is to pass a law that incorporates compassion with responsibility...
...birth of modern Pattaya began in the mid-1960s, when the U.S. opened a nearby air base and an influx of battle-weary and pleasure-hungry troops turned a quiet fishing village on Thailand's eastern seaboard into an R. and R. playground. Though the soldiers went home in the 1970s, Pattaya remained a preserve of anything-goes hedonism?and an object of either love or loathing, depending on whom you asked. Now the city, already Thailand's second biggest tourist draw with more than 5 million visitors annually, is poised for another reinvention, and once again...
...party suites, regardless of the personal wealth of their residents, can execute out their bacchanalian duties. Furthermore, the UC should prioritize funding for “democratically elected” party suites over lotteried rooms. (We expect that the party fund will grow anyway next year due to the influx of funds previously earmarked for campus-wide social activities.) The elections for party suites can be held in several different ways, for example, in the form of a live caucus or e-mail ballots. Perhaps these elections could even include some campaigning. The form is flexible. We urge House committees...
...Broadway doing right? Despite its aging audience, antiquated business model and fusty imperviousness to much of what's happening in popular culture, the Great White Way has done a masterly job of marketing itself to Middle America. Tourists now make up 55% of the Broadway audience, and the influx of out-of-towners has meant hit shows that once would have closed after a successful season or two now rival the Empire State Building as New York City fixtures. Phantom of the Opera has been playing for 18 years; Beauty and the Beast for 12; Rent for 10. Les Mis?...