Word: local
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contesters' groups and subscribe to bulletins like the monthly Contest News-Letter (circ. 50,000) to keep abreast of events in the something-for-next-to-nothing world of merchandising competitions. Mrs. Haley is past president of the Florida State Contesters Association and once belonged to a local group called the Gulfwins...
...skill contests left. It's driving me nuts," she says. Most of what Mrs. Haley wins she sells at half price to her Florida neighbors or gives away to her relatives. To get rid of the surplus she also advertises in the Clearwater Sun and in the local Laundromat. Toward the end of every year she hoards the loot in anticipation of inflated prices as the holidays approach. Occasionally the bargaining is tense, as it was last Christmas when she unloaded two microwave ovens and a camera for nearly $1,000. "The first thing people...
Despite the mere trickle of information coming from inside Camp David, Egyptians and Israelis back home were focusing full attention on the proceedings. Egypt's normally noisy capital fell all but silent at 7:30 local time each evening, as Cairenes planted themselves in front of television sets for live reports from the U.S. Others clustered in apartment-building courtyards to hear radio newscasts...
Insists a local leader, Lenore Johnson: "Motors and snowmobiles do not harm the environment-they only offend the elite canoe purists." Outdoor Equipment Supplier Woods Davis says that he would lose half of his business if he could not rent motorboats to vacationers. Adds John Chelesnik, an Ely fishing diehard: "I go to the woods every weekend. In one eight-hour day I can go eight times as far as a canoeist can. That's important...
...partisans on either side are willing to budge. The other weekend 300 local residents blocked access roads to the BWCA with cars and pickup trucks. "Our vacation is rather ruined," complained one frustrated canoeist. Retorted a protester: "Our lives are rather ruined...