Word: localism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tithe That Binds. In Kennett Square, Pa., the Kennett News and Advertiser reported the monthly song feast at a local church, noted that "a liberal offering was lifted by Mrs. Clifford Lee and Rev. R. B. Hardin...
...truth in a neighboring land. TIME is eagerly sought as a window on the world, and denounced as an unwanted interventionist in foreign affairs. A story of impressive accomplishment in Brazil recently inspired President Juscelino Kubitschek to pull out his Portuguese-English dictionary and translate it personally for the local press. Another story of the drought that is starving thousands in northeast Brazil moved Rio's Diario Carioca to comment: "How sad! How true! How bitter that our national disaster and disgrace, which we all knew about and tried to forget, should be reported to the whole world...
Another development on the local dramatic scene is the announcement of a "Harvard-Radcliffe Night" for Wednesday, Dec. 10, for the Charles Playhouse production of The Iceman Cometh. Harvard and Radcliffe students and guests will be entitled to a 20 per cent reduction...
After his inaugural dinner Monday night, Leighton reaffirmed his belief in the "residential principle," which has proved its worth since the institution of the Houses in the '30's. But he insisted that a non-residential local commuter house is "an essential part of the House system...
...Cambridge Planning Board is studying methods to obtain amendments to State Zoning Enabling statutes which require that educational institutions be exempt from local zoning restrictions on building...