Word: local
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dowsing going to the dogs? Not at all, bemused residents of Danville report. What was once a local meeting of workaday dowsers has now turned into an autumnal rite as garish as Vermont's fall foliage. In the 18 years since it was founded, Dowsers Inc. has gone subliminal-as well as international. From as far away as Alaska and New Zealand, nearly 600 people have descended upon Danville. Some come to find water, of course. But just as many others are in search of panaceas for depression, mysterious cures for stubborn ailments. Says Society Spokesman Ted Kaufmann...
...conspicuous signs of American influence. The U.S. embassy in Manila is one of the largest in the world, with a staff of 813. Even some of Marcos' opponents felt that the U.S. stance on human rights was a crude intervention in Manila's domestic affairs. Local businessmen complain that their coconut oil is heavily taxed when it enters American ports, while a similar product from Malaysia is imported under low preferential tariffs. Meanwhile, the archipelago is awash with American pop culture. Rock 'n' roll is so ubiquitous that the radio stations have been ordered to play...
...golf course, three movie theaters and 14 base exchange stores serve the 20,000 people who live there. Until U.S. and Philippine authorities cracked down this year, too much of the tax-free stereo equipment, perfume, potato chips and liquor sold at the exchange stores ended up on the local black market...
...Undergraduate Admissions Council yesterday initiated a new program aimed at recruiting more Boston area applicants by including Harvard students in admissions staff visits to local schools...
Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies: D.C.-based, does research and coordination for leftist public policy, tremendous resource publications and listings of left organizations; program emphasis on role of left public officials like Byron Dorgan, North Dakota tax commissioner, and Sam Brown, now head of ACTION and former Colorado state treasurer...