Word: local
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Several local activists gave speeches and religious readings. One of them, Divinity School graduate James Stewart, said, "I was feeling in kind of a Marxist mood, so I didn't say anything too Biblical...
...heaven-sent perk, like last month's 60 Minutes report on a murder case that inspired the new Meryl Streep film A Cry in the Dark. But they also know their job. So they hire a firm to tape a generic interview with their star, then send local TV stations a cassette in which the star's comments can be intercut with questions posed by a station reporter. It's no-fault, no-sweat, no-work journalism...
...number of Spanish-speaking Americans has produced a powerful backlash among voters. Referendums declaring English the official language passed in Florida and Colorado; a similar initiative was leading in Arizona. Although it is not clear how the Florida and Colorado laws will affect daily life, the Arizona proposition instructs local governments and their employees to "act in English and in no other language...
...stakes) on the 16th and then again on the 18th. Had he lost he would have had to cough up a nonexistent $1,200; instead he ended up $800 ahead. That night, after dinner, he went out and gambled and won again, pitting his extraordinary hand-eye coordination against local pool hustlers. Norman has not forgotten the match-play skills he acquired during those early years. He is a three-time winner of the Suntory World Match-Play Championship, a British tournament that provides the sole opportunity for the world's top pros to compete head to head...
...tournament at Gleneagles in Scotland, a wind-aided Norman drive measured 483 yds. Under Earp's tutelage Norman began cleaning up in amateur tournaments, and at 19 he took a $28-a-week job as assistant pro at the Royal Queensland Golf Club. There, playing for large sums with local high rollers, he learned to perform under pressure...