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Word: bajan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will take an estimated $40 million to correct the situation. The island's 250,000 population makes it the third most densely populated area in the Commonwealth, after Hong Kong and Malta. The density is easing only where it can least be afforded: the cream of Bajan youth is emigrating to the better opportunities in the U.S., Canada or Britain. Though the economy is viable, its heavy dependence on sugar, which provides 90% of the nation's income, makes it dangerously vulnerable. The man who gets full responsibility for solving these problems when his official title switches from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The West Indies: Goodbye to Mother | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

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