Word: crowdedness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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It was not another war but Manila's worst earthquake since 1882. Half an hour later it was followed by another almost as severe. One resident of nearby Cavite died of heart-failure. Sixty-two were injured, some by falling power lines, some in stampedes out of crowded cinema...
All last week nearly 10,000 Jews crowded the auditorium of Zurich's vast Tonhalle to attend the 20th biennial World Zionist Congress. Never before has a Zionist congress had such a serious problem to discuss: the British scheme for the partition of Palestine which would divide Jewry'...
Diplomacy was not helped by a clash at week's end outside Shanghai between Japanese sailors and Chinese Peace Preservation militiamen near the Hungjao Military Airdrome. One Japanese officer and a Chinese sentry were killed, a Japanese seaman was reported missing. Angry little Japanese Bluejackets, burning to avenge the...
Next day Archbishop Mooney was installed in his post in the presence of ten U. S. and Canadian archbishops, many a bishop, monsignor and priest. Escorted by Knights of Columbus in cocked hats, the ecclesiastics marched through crowded Detroit streets in what was the year's most showy parade...
Most of the gaminess is contributed by a jaded crew of idlers called the Galère, who assemble in Paris, London. Venice and New York, indulge in easy, intermittent love affairs, drive fast cars, make scandals for the tabloids by being interviewed in crowded beds, and generally delight in...