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Word: horsecart (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even so, those who can flee by land are looked on as far better off than those who cannot leave at all. The travelers go by foot or by horsecart. The cart and horses (usually two) are a risk. At best they can be sold along the way for part of the original cost. At worst they will be confiscated by the military; when that happens, the owner had best be humble and pretend he is giving them up as a gift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: 30,000,000 Uprooted Ones | 7/26/1948 | See Source »

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