Word: cantonization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whole thing far out of proportion. Says Frank Moisio, a Bridgeport, Conn., Republican: "It's a lot of malarkey; I think it's propaganda. I don't think Nixon would do a stupid thing like that -he's not that dumb." Ross Graber, a Canton, Ohio, journalist and an independent, said the President should indeed share some of the blame and responsibility for what happened. "He should know what's going on, and on something that important he should have his finger...
...Peking, something unheard of not long ago. Mao badges, Mao statues and the little Red Book of quotations are disappearing from many public places. In the past couple of months, too, Chinese have been able to wash down their noodles in the myriad noodle bars of Peking, Shanghai and Canton with draft beer, a popular practice that almost ceased during the Cultural Revolution. Most of the restaurants are packed, since for the Chinese eating and drinking are among the few entertainment alternatives to such pious homilies as the ballet The Red Detachment of Women, even when, in its latest version...
...fire at an army ammunition depot near Delémont on the French border recently, authorities found the letters FLJ-"Front de Libération Jurassien daubed on in fresh paint. The front is the more militant of two organizations representing dissident Swiss in the Jura region of Bern canton...
...French-speaking Jurassians*, who are mostly Roman Catholic, have long been embroiled in a battle for ethnic survival with the German-speaking Protestants who dominate Switzerland's richest, most populous canton. In recent years, demands for autonomy have revived and the Jurassians have formed aggressive organizations...
...Division this winter. True, they have been an ECAC finalist in each of the past two years, but each time they had home-ice advantage, something they lack tonight. And Cambridge is not the only place where they have trouble. The Knights have lost at Durham, Philadelphia and Canton, N.Y., this year, too. HARVARD, by 2 in a tight game...