Word: local
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trains chugged alongside the food table, the guests munched bread, cheese and apples, and their raggedy hosts regaled them with tales of alleged harassment by local authorities. The Soviets were "shocked," said Professor Peter Serdyukov of Kiev, to see such conditions "in a rich and beautiful country like the U.S." People sleeping on Soviet streets, he claimed, are "there by choice...
Ironically, congressional trepidation about base closings may be misplaced. A 1977 study of 100 shutdowns found that most local economies were better off without the presence of the military. The Pentagon's Office of Economic Adjustment reported that barracks and bunkers had been transformed into industrial parks, colleges, vocational schools and airports. Where the 100 bases had once provided 93,000 civilian jobs, there were now 138,000 jobs -- a statistic Congressmen may want to have handy in December, when the base hit list is made public...
...that, Pickens has upset many folks in Amarillo, where he has long been a local hero. The controversy stems from his role as chairman of the board of regents of West Texas State University, near Amarillo. In an effort to put the school on a business footing, Pickens has overseen the removal of 19% of the faculty since 1984 and the closing of such departments as anthropology and industrial education...
...strike," a musician in Yerevan told TIME Moscow Correspondent Ann Blackman. "Most plants are shut, including one that supplies rubber for much of the country. Movie theaters and concert halls are closed. We're in a state of mourning." He reported that militiamen accompany bus drivers in case local citizens set up blockades and that doctors and telephone operators stop work for one minute each hour to demonstrate their sympathy...
Other Armenians reported that local prosecutors were pressuring witnesses to testify that demonstrators had provoked troops at an airport in early July. A young Yerevan man was killed in the clash. "People are bringing in evidence, but it's not the kind the prosecutors want," said a Yerevan teacher...