Word: local
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...regions thick with monuments, such as France's Loire valley, many hoteliers close in the off-season because they work so hard during the peak. In Italy winter travelers may find themselves staying in smaller towns or private homes, at a vineyard, a farm, in flavorful places where the local economy survives without a constant stream of tour buses. For those seeking greater amenities, the grand hotels rarely shut and are more likely to have a room at a humane price...
...recording studio in Roxbury two weeks ago. These 45s, printed on green wax, should be ready for release by Christmas time, Brenner says. He adds that he hopes that the Lowell House party will help to get some of the soon-to-be-released singles on the air at local radio stations by building up the number of their fans. "That's why we're looking forward to playing at Harvard because we want to build a following," Brenner says...
...considered booking two places in a local retirement home, events came along to remind me of my own mortality. First, my previously annoying little sister now sported a set of contact lenses, a bustline, a pair of car keys and a linebacker-boyfriend whose neck was larger than my thigh. One night while I sat watching David Letterman, my sister and her beau-immense stumbled into the house after a night...
ANOTHER distressing result of corporate control of newspapers is the lack of space and attention devoted to local issues. Corporations take over newspapers to make money, not provide good, informative journalism...
After right-wing Conservative Party whites won victories in several districts in last month's local elections, they talked boldly of reinstituting "petty apartheid" regulations that segregate public facilities, such as toilets, libraries and parks. Under pressure from the U.S., South African State President P.W. Botha charged that such policies would spark fresh pressure for international sanctions. Conservative Party leader Andries Treurnicht, Botha told a conference in Transvaal, "does not have to look his persecutors in the eye in the conference halls of the world...