Word: squatters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...larger rebellion of Moslem separatists. Though the N.P.A.'s armed strength may be no more than 2,000 to 3,000, its political activists, drawn largely from educated urban youths, are probably far more numerous. They have established effective, well-concealed cells in such places as the squalid squatter areas of Manila as well as among low-paid farm laborers...
...enlisted too many serious students. Goldman has staked out a new region that promises to be a "field of the future" among scholars and critics. Through his magazine articles and essays on jazz, rock and sick, black and Jewish comics, he has established himself as its intellectual squatter-in-residence. Goldman could have made Ladies and Gentlemen--LENNY BRUCE!! an occasion for laying down the definitive doctrines and canons not only on Bruce's art but on the whole cultural milieu in which it flourished...
...become one of the safest-an improvement reflected in last year's 48% increase in tourism. A drastic crackdown on tax evaders has increased government revenues enough to enable Marcos to double state expenditures on roads and utilities. A "beautification project" has removed some of the ugly squatter slums from Manila...
...island's 43,000 foreign residents-principally Australians and Chinese traders. whose skills are needed-have been leaving in increasing numbers. They fear the kind of bloody anarchy that swept the Congo after it gained independence in 1960. Among the portents: a rising rate of urban crime, squatter slums and the occasional stoning of whites. There have been reports that some tribesmen are already picking out white-owned houses and autos they expect to get when total independence comes...
...from 500 to 1000. ("There's just no way of telling," declares one townsperson.) Most of the families have lived there for two and three generations, and though most claim to own the land they live on, few can produce written deeds or titles. They live there simply by squatter's rights, as yet unchallenged by land-hungry developers though the value of their property has skyrocketed with the construction of the airport...