Word: homeless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cheerful Stoicism. Thousands were homeless. More thousands were marooned. Many evacuees, sheltered and fed by the Army and Red Cross, evidently enjoyed the break in routine; they seemed to be playing a part that called for "cheerful stoicism." Frederick More and his wife reflected the general attitude, as a boatman rowed them to their waterlogged house in Windsor. Said twinkling Mr. More: "I've always wanted a holiday in Venice; now I know what it's like. At first the wife was fed up, but now she treats it like a joke." Said thin, worried-looking Mrs. More...
Certainly no one will insist that the hastily constructed developments and the quarters in the Hotel Brunswick are the most palatial of residences, and no one will deny that Harvardevens Village is pretty far away, but at least there is the satisfaction that no one is going homeless--in fact, at this date the Housing Office has more vacancies than it has applications. Anyone who has noticed the Quonset huts and trailer camps which seem to cluster about most colleges this year can heave a thankful sigh of relief...
...studio's marble staircase with ripe garbage, cut off water and telephone service, and finally tried to budge Levi by painting insulting inscriptions on the studio walls. Samples: "Carlo Levi is a bandit and a rascal. . . . Since Carlo Levi refuses to make way for the worthy and the homeless, can't he have the decency to instruct his girl friends not to slam the door when they leave...
...Soviet Russia, Austria's spanking new diplomatic mission to Moscow, consisting of slim, distinguished Minister Karl Waldbrunner, Counselor Karl Braunias and a female secretary, has been in even worse case, homeless and flat broke. Reason: the Russians would not fix a legal rate for converting their schillings into rubles. The diplomats had to wash their own socks and underwear. Never sure where their next meal was coming from, they scurried from one hotel to another as bills came due. On top of it all the secretary turned out to have been pregnant when she left Vienna; after she went...
Indicative of the increasing concern of Americans over the plight of the homeless Jewish people of Europe is the growth of the Harvard Zionist Group within six months from a handful of students to a well-knit organization of over...