This center , formed of indefinite molecules , began to revolve around its own axis during its gradual condensation ; then , following the immutable laws of mechanics , in proportion as its bulk diminished by condensation , its rotary motion became accelerated , and these two effects continuing , the result was the formation of one principal star , ...
famine - a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death. calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, disaster, cataclysm - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity; the earthquake was a disaster.
Great depression means people live on the street, peoples out of work, getting fire, and many peoples have nothing to eat. During the great depression many peoples out of work all over unite start, many unemployed peoples get on the road, travel from town to town, city to city, state to state, hoping that they will find work and feed their family, baby, or even just to feed them self. Not many people had cars, so many of them hitchhiked or rode the rails..