Word: overcrowdedness
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THE DAY WE pulled into Memphis the city was hot and troubled. Just walking in the sun would leave clothes soaked with perspiration. The hotels and restaurants were overcrowded with pilgrims to Graceland. The policemen and firemen were out on strike, and the National Guard was patrolling the city in...
For the second consecutive year, 150 Tufts students--mostly sophomores with low numbers in the housing lottery--will reside in rooms at the Sheraton Commander Hotel on Garden St. Last year, when Tufts found itself overcrowded, the university negotiated a deal with the Sheraton to provide rooms in a wing...
Somoza decided early on to negotiate. He had little alternative: the Sandinistas not only were controlling events, but more important, were reflecting a widespread public mood. As the discussions dragged on through the night and into the next day, conditions in the overcrowded, ill-equipped palace became intolerable. Hostages who...
The strongest argument for deal making, however, is sheer necessity. Approved of by Congress and the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, plea bargaining has been condoned by the U.S. Supreme Court as "essential." It is widely accepted that without deals between the prosecutor and...
Spain has had a 20% rise in tourism so far this year, and by the end of 1978, officials expect to have welcomed a whopping 37 million visitors-one for every Spaniard. Those numbers will probably continue to rise in the future, despite last month's calamitous explosion of...