Word: local
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Police in the county of Derbyshire reported several bodies scattered on each side of the highway. The British Broadcasting Corp. reported 10 dead. The local fire brigade and police reported some fatalities but did not give figures...
...least, Sajak, 42, has the right credentials. While growing up in Chicago, he used to sneak out of bed to watch Jack Paar and decided that doing a talk show "would be a fun way to earn a living." He became a radio disk jockey, TV weatherman and local talk-show host; then in 1981 he replaced Chuck Woolery on Wheel of Fortune. Part of the show's success can be traced to his laid-back, let's-not-take-this-seriously attitude. Indeed, Sajak has trouble taking even himself seriously. "No matter how charming and delightful...
...have someone like Dukakis around would be of great value to the Kennedy School," said Alan Altshuler, director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at the K-School...
Under current law, when the Justice Department finds that state or local authorities are not effectively investigating or fairly handling a racially motivated crime it can take over the probe and try defendants in a federal court. This accords Blacks and other racial minority members some protection against local officials who may not be overly sympathetic to their rights...
...Federal Government should set national goals and standards for recycling programs but leave their implementation to state and local agencies. As an immediate first step, the President and Congress should require federal agencies to increase steadily their use of recycled paper products...