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Word: besprizorni (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1933-1933
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Though many a motorist fears to help them hitchhike, no half-wild bandits like Russia's besprizorni are the footloose U. S. youngsters. Most of them have had grammar or high-school education. Some are adventurous runaways. Most have been squeezed out by family want. They despise professional hoboes. Pride keeps many away from welfare houses. A Michigan boy finished barber college after his parents died in 1929, found Michigan had loo many barbers already, took to the road. Too proud to beg, he made $3 carry him 2,000 mi. and eleven days. He explained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Young Transients | 2/6/1933 | See Source »

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