Word: crowdedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The fascination of the young for things American is wistful and sometimes weirdly askew. But it reflects a larger cross-cultural longing. In some ways, America and Japan are interesting commentaries on each other. The Japanese affinity for Americans represents in part the simple attraction of opposites. The Japanese live...
It would be difficult to imagine a more unlikely partnership than the U.S.Japanese alliance. One nation is ancient and culturally homogeneous, crowded onto an archipelago at the edge of Asia. The other is an ethnic melting pot, with European roots, that spreads across a continent. Both are troubled by memories...
The Japanese accept crowded hospitals in part because the system has improved during the past few decades. Before World War II, the family doctor would even keep a patient in a makeshift ward that was part of his house or clinic. Indeed, the Japanese do not complain a great deal...
The exodus is evident throughout the U.S. Airline and travel-agency telephones have been buzz busy since early spring. Airports are crowded not only with departing tourists but with the homecomers as well, who often face wearisome waits for Customs clearance. Even cab drivers, taking Europe-bound passengers to the...
Those who take to the road in search of food fare little better. During each of the past four rainless years, as many as 20,000 peasants have abandoned the nine-state northeastern area of Brazil for crowded urban centers along the coast. There, they are paid 35? an hour...