Word: overcrowdedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The newest flare-up began last month when the well-meaning Army decided to set up separate redistribution centers in Harlem and Chicago's down-at-the-heel South Side for Negro troops of the Army Ground Forces (TIME, Oct. 2). Although they are in overcrowded sections and only...
¶ On China's overcrowded universities, where "rich young ladies and gentlemen may spend half a million dollars" (circa U.S. $1,500) to have substitutes take entrance examinations for them: "Who is responsible for this mess? In our opinion the Government should be held responsible for it. Corruption exists...
"From the camp, victims considered sufficiently weakened are transported in overcrowded junks to the coast of free China, where those that have not died on the way are left, totally destitute, to their own resources-to the intense annoyance of the local residents. The ones who are too weak to...
When 60,000 Japanese invaded Java, Dr. Wassell was ordered to evacuate all his wounded who could walk. The stretcher cases were to be left to the Japanese. Disobeying the order, Dr. Wassell brought all of his men back to the coast. When a ship captain refused to take the...
Last week three representatives of EAM and one from EDES were reported in Syria, on their way to Cairo. They were also reported having trouble getting permits to enter British-managed territory. Their visit will determine whether Papandreou: 1) achieves a cabinet of national unity, 2) joins his predecessors in...