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Word: overcrowdedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Students who sit in the aisles of overcrowded lecture halls during classes violate the state building code and create a fire hazard, the deputy chief of the Cambridge Fire Department said yesterday.

Author: By Donald Berk, | Title: Fire Dept. to Act Against Overflowing Lecture Halls | 12/10/1976 | See Source »

President Newell of Wellesley deftly sidesteps any responsibility as a college administrator for the excessive number of graduates vis-a-vis appropriate job opportunities [Oct. 11]. Many institutions of higher learning are almost criminal in their behavior, educating students for fields already overcrowded instead of discouraging them.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Nov. 1, 1976 | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

Although Transkei's population is presently just over 1.7 million, the South African government has assigned over three million to the homeland. If the rest of the population should ever claim a right to Transkei residence, the result would be disastrous: in 1972, the Transkei was already so overcrowded that...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Apartheid: Making a Sham of Freedom | 10/26/1976 | See Source »

The Japanese are caught in the classic cost-fare squeeze that has ruined rail service throughout much of the world. The J.N.R. is the nation's largest employer with 430,000 workers on its payrolls. Because the seven railroad unions are among the most militant in Japan, they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: The Bullet Is Broke, Too | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

Complaints about crowding are no longer heard from Harvard's newest House. JOhn Baum '78, a Mather student who last year measured the dimensions of his bedroom to prove that they just barely met the minimum requirements of the Cambridge building code, said Thursday that he did not know of...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: Crowding As a Shared Experience | 10/2/1976 | See Source »

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