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Word: overcrowdedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Informed and intelligent Britons, some in official positions, realize that the Yanks are now doing to England, and specifically to overcrowded London, what the British Tommies did to Paris in the early years of World War I. Then it was the French who were annoyed. Then the Tommies drew more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Poor Relations | 12/6/1943 | See Source »

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has voted to change the date of the Christmas recess this year from December 19 to December 26 to the week of Wednesday, December 22, through Tuesday, December 28. The shift of dates has been made in order to avoid the necessity of travel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Recess Changed | 10/12/1943 | See Source »

Freshmen who passed their step test in the last week of August are eligible for House athletics, soccer, single sculling, tennis or swimming, Clarence B. Van Wyck, Secretary to the Department of Physical Education, announced yesterday. At present there are no openings for new men in crew, due to an...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VAN WYCK STATES NEW ATHLETIC RULES FOR '47 | 9/14/1943 | See Source »

Not Enough Labor. Last week's Boeing manpower crisis stemmed from three main factors (besides the draft): 1) wage rates in Seattle's booming shipyards are higher, drain off Boeing's workers as fast as they can be trained; 2) Seattle is desperately overcrowded; rents and food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION,GOVERNMENT: Boeing Needs 9,000 Men | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

Hotel men reported that plenty of rooms are now available in the nation's long-overcrowded capital. One reason: Congress has gone home, freeing thousands of lobbyists for vacations.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breathing Spell | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

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