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The ultra-Orthodox Jews have a birth rate that is three times the national average, and they also constitute the largest group moving into Jerusalem. As a result, they have been trying to take over areas near the overcrowded Mea Shearim and Geula sections, offering twice the market value to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Hooliganism in the Holy City | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

The relentless stresses of poverty and ghetto life have also been associated with higher health risks. Studies of poor black neighborhoods in Detroit and Boston have correlated hypertension, which is twice as common among American blacks as among whites, with overcrowded housing and high levels of unemployment and crime. Research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stress: Can We Cope? | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

Everyone has a favorite section of the stacks, where one is sure to be able to study without the distracting presence of other humans. Except during exam and reading periods, vast portions of the stacks remain virtually deserted. Serene empty corridors are fine, but the books lining them are another...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Weeding Out in Widener | 5/25/1983 | See Source »

A lawyer and former professor and dean at Harvard Law School, Bok, 53, criticizes the U.S. legal system for being too complicated and overcrowded with lawyers, and for failing to be accessible to the poor and disadvantaged as well as the middle class. He also maintains that the profession attracts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Failing Marks | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

WE too believe that the College should adopt a uniform policy for limiting course enrollments. It is unfair that different overcrowded courses were limited by different methods this year. But we disagree with the majority's view that a weighted lottery is the answer. In fact, a completely random lottery...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Equal Access | 2/24/1983 | See Source »

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