Word: crowdedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Afghanistan is a nation of villages. They are the basis of its social structure and its Muslim faith. At communal events like weddings, villagers come together for days to feast, dance and race horses. More practically, the Muslim system of zakat (tithing) binds the community together by ensuring that a...
The fate of one such ghetto has become an emblem of resistance: the Warsaw inmates, pitifully outnumbered by SS troops, battled with pistols, rocks and knives against tanks and cannons. In May 1943, along with the buildings that held them, the fighters were reduced to ashes. Monuments have risen to...
The two gatherings could not have been more different in style. The military-backed Social Democratic Party met at Brasilia's modern convention center, where a brass band blared, girls flounced in colored costumes, and banners, balloons and neon signs proclaimed the names of the party's two...
Such beach battles are by no means unusual. From sea to shining sea, landlocked citizens are asserting what in many states is their traditional right of access to the beaches, even if they have to tramp across private property to get there. At the same time, property owners, especially wealthy...
They were dressed in Indian saris, African robes and Western business suits, and they spoke a cacophony of languages. More than 3,000 delegates from 148 nations crowded into Mexico City's Tlaltelolco Center last week to attend the second United Nations-sponsored International Conference on Population. Their purpose...