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Word: local (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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MBTA Chairman Robert Kiley warned the citizens that any delays in construction could affect the status of these funds. "Uncle Sam does not hesitate to take money not being spent on a local level and use it on the nearest squeaky wheel that comes along," Kiley said...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: City, MBTA Square Off In Battle Over Red Line | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

Last week marked the University's first victory in a contest of wills with Harvard dining hall workers. Members of Local 26 of the Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Employees Union voted Tuesday night to accept the University's contract offer, reversing an earlier union decision to reject the pact...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Dining Hall Distemper | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

...fact, Wabash was little more than a sleepy hoosier hamlet whose forefathers picked up the town name from the local Indians. The Indians called it Ouabouigou, which means "shining white." Fittingly enough, in 1880 Wabash became the first town in the world to install electric street lights. An uninspired Ezra Pound pined away on the Wabash faculty until he was dismissed after allowing a destitute woman of ill repute to spend a night in his room, an act which offended the straightlaced morals of the town...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Navarro's Back in the Ivies Again | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

...when Off the Wall Theatre in Central Square began to show Woody Allen: an American Comedy, local Allenologists began hoping the film would yield a few insights into Woody. But if you're looking for clues to Woody, write off this film. On the other hand, if you don't mind (or even welcome) a light, superficial portrait of Allen that amuses if not informs, go see it. Besides, the six short comic films that accompany the half-hour-long portrait of Allen are quite good, ranging from the couple-of-chuckles Betty Boop cartoon to the brilliant parodies...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Woody, We Hardly Know Ye | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

After a heated two-hour meeting closed to the public, the members of Local 26 of the Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Employees Union voted 148 to 95 to ratify the contract, a kitchen worker who asked to remain unidentified said last night...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Dining Workers Veto Strike, Vote to Accept Contract Offer | 10/25/1978 | See Source »

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