Word: overcrowding
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...hand, and demand for services, on the other, is convulsing many communities and states. In Decatur, Ga., a suburb east of Atlanta that relies on property taxes for revenue, the city has postponed a vote to annex additional neighborhoods because locals are concerned that annexation will overcrowd schools. In New Jersey, Governor Jon Corzine wants county and municipal governments to forego more than $500 million in pension payments in the coming year as a way of avoiding higher property taxes. And California and Arizona, where property values have tumbled as much as 30%, are faced with borrowing billions of dollars...
...increase the likelihood of terrorism in the U.S. (44% very concerned). American workers can't compete with low wages (43%). increase the amount of crime (40%). take jobs away from Americans (35%). overcrowd the country, with too many people in the U.S. now (33%). weaken American way of life...
...years, who are already socially isolated from the rest of the College. The quasi-exclusive nature of the House system, which is slowly intensifying as inter-House restrictions increase, will only serve to exclude first-years further. But encouraging—or merely allowing—first-years to overcrowd upperclass dining halls does little for upperclass integration when first-years arrive by the entryway. The front page of The Crimson on January 24 showed five Greenough residents sitting together in the Quincy dining hall, gabbing only among themselves as they chowed down their supper. We only need recall...