Word: localism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...history of the teamsters, however, is not one to encourage the hope of reform from within. Since the founding of the International Brotherhood in 1905, teamster history has revealed two common denominators: violence, and intense local independence: both have played a role in creating the present situation...
Organized last spring, the Radcliffe Debate Council will be sponsoring a local area tournament for the first time. Last weekend two 'Cliffe debaters competed against 36 schools in a National Forensic Tournament at Boston University and gained an even 3-3 record...
Commuters are, at least for a while, a fact of life. As long as the University feels it worthwhile to admit local students for whom there are no House facilities, or who cannot afford residence a commuting problem will exist. While not an ideal solution, cooperative houses do offer a chance for students to avoid the inconvenience of daily MTA travel and the distractions of living at home...
...contrived chuckles, they grow out of life-as-it-is. Little Apu watches his school-master peddle rice while drilling the quiet students; he is fascinated by a cacophonous brass band that marches through the village; he sits goggle-eyed when a travelling troupe provides "culture" at the local theatre...
...kind of confessor, but when he takes on the troubles of a U.S. Catholic named Macgrady, he finds a case that would stretch the capacities of the wisest priest. Macgrady is a rich idler who has lived beyond his means. He has borrowed a fortune from the local crime syndicate, doctors in Madrid have told him that he has cancer, and he is nagged by the conviction that as a bad Catholic he has small chance of dying in a state of grace. Dr. Chance seems to him the man who might save him. Against a background of native political...