Word: overcrowdedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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It is not a picture that one would think of titling The Joy of Sex. Deprived of opportunities for intimacy because of overcrowded housing, overwhelmed by long entrenched sexual myths, and ruled by a government that seems to deny the very idea of a sex life, most Soviet citizens, says...
The human toll makes the civil war even more tragic: Red Cross sources estimated that deaths could run as many as 15,000; there are about 600,000 homeless, living in overcrowded refugee centers in cities or camping out in the countryside. If a Nicaraguan can afford the airfare, he...
Once again, Iran last week appeared to be drifting toward anarchy. The Cabinet of Premier Mehdi Bazargan was on the verge of collapse. Appalled by the overcrowded condition of prisons in Tehran, Attorney General Abolfazl Shahshahani instructed the police not to "arrest or pursue criminals" until further notice-thereby giving...
Most of the boat people are set adrift in hopelessly overcrowded craft with inadequate food and water. Many of the vessels have capsized in tropical storms; others have been attacked at sea by pillaging Thai pirates.
More agile Hong Kong businessmen have started to shift some of their production to China, which has what the overcrowded colony lacks: plenty of space and unskilled labor. Already 200 firms have some operations in China-mostly of the labor-intensive kind-and 200 more expect to set up shop...