Word: squalorous
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...liberal goal of eradicating the squalor that breeds revolution is valid enough. Of course, all the money in the world would be a poor investment in corrupt, feudal economies. But the means that have been applied to easing poverty so far have been totally inadequate; whatever the failings of the U.S., it cannot be accused of profligacy toward Latin America. To its credit, the Reagan Administration came forward last year with the Caribbean Basin Initiative, a joint effort by the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Venezuela to promote trade, investment and aid to the region. It was conceived largely in response...
...Belgian-born nun, whose very name bespeaks Christmas, is the only missionary among the 10,000 garbage pickers of the Egyptian capital. They are untouchables who live in what amounts to perpetual serfdom, bequeathing their trade and squalor to succeeding generations. The garbage pickers stay alive by sorting through the refuse that is hauled out from the city in creaking donkey carts. The ragged men and women save the bottles and tin cans to be sold, and feed the slop to the pigs who live with them. Infant mortality in the community is an appalling...
...such marketing moxie has the gambling industry of Atlantic City, N.J., come of age. When it was created, following a statewide referendum in 1976, doubters spoke up quickly. Many believed that casino betting would do little more for the once flashy seaside resort than add to the squalor and corruption that had built up since the city's heyday in the 1930s and 1940s. Practically no one had the temerity to predict that gambling on the Jersey Shore would one day rival the goings-on in Las Vegas...
Approaching 62 and suffering from one of his recurring periods of unpopularity, Noël Coward sat down for a heart-to-heart with the wisest man he knew. "I don't care for the present trends either in literature or the theater," he confessed. "Pornography bores me. Squalor disgusts me. Garishness, vulgarity and commonness of mind offend me." Was it possible, he asked, that he was out of touch with the new decade...
...spite of its moments of high comedy, this is the most sobering and illuminating book to be written about Soviet society in decades. Nothing else in print gives so persuasive a picture of moral squalor in everyday life. It is an insider's book, written by a keen observer with special access to legal records and 17 years of experience as a defense attorney and professor of law. Indeed, so great is Simis' expertise that in 1976 KGB men raided his apartment and confiscated an early manuscript version of the book. He was obliged to leave the Soviet...