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Word: overflowing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only is sewage that is only halfway purified purposely poured into the Harbor, but, during rainstorms, poisonous sewage accidentally runs into the water, a phenomenon known as combined sewage overflow. This, in addition to the toxicants that over 6,000 industries dump into the Harbor and its tributaries each year, has tainted the water and damaged the Harbor's sea life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Harbor to Get $100M Clean-Up | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

...January tear through the cloak of statistics, and once again an abstract problem -- discussed in terms of percentage increases and changing demographics -- becomes a shivering man or woman struggling for survival, a pair of eyes that painfully remind us of our human bond. In cities across the nation shelters overflow, leaving the spillage to cope on steam grates or in subway tunnels or wherever else warmth can be found. These street people are the most destitute of the nation's 350,000 or more homeless citizens. To explore their plight, Time Correspondent Jon D. Hull took up residence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slow Descent into Hell | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

...people know they can get food, the system will overflow," he said, adding that Cambridge's relatively generous services to the homeless attract the destitute who cannot find any help in neighboring towns. "The people in somerville say they don't have a homeless problem, but that's because they don't provide any services. All the homeless have come here," he said...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Many Homeless to Face Winter without Shelters | 12/16/1986 | See Source »

...Green card, green card," chanted the overflow crowd at Duke Soccer Field. "If you can't go to Duke, go to Harvard. If you can't play in Europe, play for Harvard...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Playing for More Than Kicks | 12/9/1986 | See Source »

...overflow crowd packed the Quincy House Junior Common Room to listen to the remembrances of University Marshal Richard M. Hunt, Quincy resident Susan E. Ordway '86-'87, former Senior Tutor Eliot A. Cohen '77, former Co-Master Mimi Aloian '52 and Elliot Forbes, Peabody Professor of Music Emeritus...

Author: By Susan L. Kelly, | Title: Hundreds Honor Aloian At Quincy House Service | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

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