Word: crowdedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In a crowded Tehran courtroom, five frightened defendants faced the empty bench. The judge, a scowling, bearded figure who was also acting as prosecutor, circled behind them and cursed, "I shall exterminate you vermin!" Then, without permitting a word to be spoken in their defense, he meted out the sentences...
They are not very good lovers either. Many a Soviet male has never seen his wife naked, and creative lovemaking is not high on the husband's list of living priorities. Ignorance is partly to blame, and some of that is being overcome by Western influences. One Moscow woman...
It is not only the extent of juvenile crime that worries the Soviets but the ideological contradiction that is involved: in a Communist society antisocial behavior should be on the wane. "It hits the regime where it hurts most," says the University of South Carolina's Gordon Smith, who...
On a weekend evening, the park is crowded with record buyers, traders and tape pirates, who carry a list of merchandise and escort a customer to a private apartment where money and merchandise change hands. The result of this underhanded commerce is a surprisingly timely taste for Western trends. One...
A the long, black Lincoln Continenal pulled up to the West Wing of the White House last week, presidential staff members gathered on the lawn and crowded onto the balconies of the adjacent old Executive Office Building. The occasion had all the drama of a summit conference, and, in a...