Word: localism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seem to hurt much at first-only some local twinges of discomfort and worried looks in high places. But by last week, the discomfort had become painfully general. The U.S. economy was slowly suffocating in the tight, unrelenting grip of the first simultaneous nationwide strike in coal and steel...
This made local citizenry unhappy and in November 1940 they voted in a new form of government, Plan E with proportional representation. Under this system a non-partisan City Manager assumes the duties of mayor. The revised pattern of city administration went into use in 1941 and at the end of the fiscal year the tax rate tumbled $2.40 in the face of a rising cost of living. Cambridge taxpayers beamed...
Almost a full year of preparation has gone into the local celebration of the German poet's birth. The German Department's bow to Goethe is one of the last in a succession of praise and reminiscence all over the world during the past year...
Negotiations completed this week between PBH's Social Service Committee and the Athletic Association will enable Brooks House "special events" workers to bring local boys to the Stadium for just the tax on admission seats. Each boy will pay 15 cents, and PBH will handle the remainder of the bill...
...lost art of film high comedy has been revived recently with increasing frequency at local theatres, notably in re-releases of Chaplin favorites and a fine, frenzied W. C. Fields double bill. The latest example of the days when Screenland was funny is now on view at the Mayflower and Pilgrim, unobtrusively inserted between showings of a feature film on Africa, called "Savage Splendor." This is neither savage nor splendid, though a good-enough documentary...