Word: localism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...answer to the continuing chorus of free-world outrage over the Hungarian executions-a chorus that included some voices the Soviets evidently had not expected to hear. In Geneva last week the International Labor Organization expelled Communist Hungary's delegates. In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the local Communist branch demanded that the national party publicly condemn the executions, and even Prime Minister Nehru felt obliged to chime in with a "most distressing...
...crowds. But with the splendor came word of Monteforte Irpino's terrible needs: the pastor asked Carmine to sponsor a sawmill in the factoryless village; the police chief wanted money for a sewage system. Smiling through it all, Democrat De Sapio promised to give $1,000 to the local orphanage, hospital and school, then climbed into his now-dusty limousine to drive the 23 miles back to Naples...
Fast-Money Fans. Day and night fans churned through Stockholm's streets and stirred up their share of excitement. Arrogant West Germans flashed their money in local bistros, drank too much, drove their sleek Mercedes cars too fast, even earned a rebuke from one of their own papers, Munich's Süddeutsche Zeitung: "We are scared of you ladies and gentlemen-even more in the case of victory than the case of defeat." To the paper's relief, Sweden beat the Germans...
...speech by a routine politician has a low-low rating in listenership. What is worse, the wind from a campaigning politico is often strong enough to blow his audience right over to a more entertaining station for the rest of the evening. Since political time is bought on a local, one-time basis, the stations get top dollar for each broadcast, but are still increasingly reluctant to sell time to such gnashing bores...
...minutes each between now and the primary on Aug. 7. Slightly more generous, WLAC-TV allowed them one hour of prime evening time, half an hour of nonpremium time. Candidates for the U.S. Senate and House will get the same allowance. Except for spot announcements, candidates for local and state legislative offices may buy no time at all. Nashville's third station, WSIX-TV, was turning down all candidates' bids for time until it decided on its own version of rationing...