Word: overcrowdedness
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(2 of 2) trains both overcrowded and late. In some instances in the past months, trains have crawled into Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal as much as one hour behind schedule on a run that was supposed to take only 50 minutes in the first place.
In a dozen years the birth rate in overcrowded Japan has fallen from 30 to about 23 per 1,000 per year. Only one-fifth of this drop, Dr. Pommerenke believes, has been brought about by contraception. The rest is due to abortions. One reason: knowledge of contraceptives has not...
One solution to the space problem is departmental growth. Departmental libraries grew up under Winsor when Gore Hall was overcrowded. Today, they exceed the main collection in size, and include 60 percent of today's acquisitions.
Before any such expansion of Adams, though, extensive renovations must be made. The Adams library is already overcrowded, but a subsidiary study room in the unused rooms on Claverly's first floor would siphon off the extra students. The Adams dining hall is also filled now, but with alterations, it...
Despite his efforts, the library was overcrowded again by 1895. A member of the Corporation came to the rescue and offered to build a new reading room, but died before contributing the cash. Finally, drawing from its unrestricted funds, Harvard remodeled again. Tearing down Gore's clustered columns, and a...