Word: localism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Flegenheimer was ambushed, police offered several explanations. One was that his legal difficulties had brought so much unpleasant public attention to the local anderworld that it was deemed prudent to eliminate him. Another theory was that since Flegenheimer's exile, other gangs had "muscled in" on his interests. While police estimate that no less than 135 lives have been lost as a direct result of Flegenheimer's outlaw enterprises, he was known to favor the conference rather than the revolver as an instrument of settling jurisdictional disputes. From his Newark hideout he had sent an emissary to Manhattan...
...deep in his generous heart: "And now, my friends let ; admonish you against insidious and hurtful propaganda that may arise within your ranks. The very rapid development to our organization ... has made it inevitable that inefficiency and selfish ambition and even rank dishonesty should find lodgment among us Some [local] leaders...
Contrary to the open air anti-war strikes which will be held on Armistice Day, two days after this, at other colleges throughout the country, this evening and indoor affair will be local in character and will not call upon students to leave their classes as a protest against...
...principal objectives of the new Cambridge Union of University Teachers, writes Mr. Sweezy, lie outside University walls. They are, (1) self education from contact with local labor movements, (2) a foundation for cooperation with a "great progressive force" in the eventuality of the growth in America of blind reaction...
...spring months of 1935 the team competed in postal matches, against fifteen other college teams, and fired three shoulder to shoulder matches against local teams. The team acquitted itself very well in these matches and showed marked improvement over previous years...