Word: squalidity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many alcoholics get divorces as nonalcoholics. The industrial accident rate in Germany, rumbled Professor Otto Graf, is three times as high among heavy drinkers as it is among abstainers. But it was the French Half-Wrets who proved to be the experts on alcoholism. "Instead of returning to his squalid home," said Professor Charles Foulen, "the French worker lingers in the cafe in an atmosphere of artificial joy o . ." A colleague traced some of the consequences...
Part of Pusan's plight is that of any squalid Oriental port, but much is due to the war. Refugees have swollen the population from 400,000 to 1,000,000. Many have no place to sleep except a pile of grimy rags in the streets or huts made of discarded U.S. Army canvas. Food is scarce and prices are high, even for those with jobs. Rice for a family of four or five costs $60 a month; Pusan wages run from $10 to $15 monthly...
...modernize Morocco. Hydroelectric plants are already irrigating a million acres. The French have crisscrossed the land with 27,000 miles of roads. In, brawling Casablanca, where dozens of new hotels, office buildings and apartments went up last year, the skyline changes almost daily. Four decades ago, Casablanca was a squalid Oriental port of 20,000 people. Today the population is 600,000. Last year ships spent a total of 4,000 days waiting for berths at Casa's crowded docks...
With a keen camera, Director Bunuel examines the piles of rubble, squalid hovels and garbage heaps where people scrounge for food like animals. The acting, by a cast that is largely amateur, is as nakedly authentic as the settings, particularly in the performance of Roberto Cobo as Jaibo, the frighteningly cruel leader of the gang, and Miguel Inclan as the old blind beggar who intones a litany of hate for the boys, "One less, one less," as Jaibo is shot down by the police...
...Mielziner's one set effectively catches the mood of a hot, sultry Cairo. His lighting is also skillfully designed to dimly illuminate a squalid flat and, at the same time, to shine brightly on the street outside...