Word: localism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hallowed Dogpatch tradition of Sadie Hawkins Day. It seems that thirteen new bachelors were needed to participate in the annual race, and that someone in Dogpatch who could read saw in a newspaper that Harvard was awarding 2000 bachelors' degrees. Moonbeam McSwine, one of the more picturesque local characters, was dispatched to Cambridge to recruit the necessary bachelors. She met with surprisingly little resistance...
...found a job in a Barcelona bar--an American bar. All foreign liquor was illegal 'cause they want to peddle the local cognac, but the cops had a system where they'd come around once at Easter to collect a fine, and then you're holding aces for the rest of the year. They had real organization there; lots of it." He lit another cigarette and continued...
Stage Struck. Local girl makes good on Broadway-the hard way; with Susan Strasberg, Henry Fonda (TIME, April...
...proposal, sponsored by Council-man A1 Vellucci, requests that the Cambridge City Manager confer with local, state, and University officials on the feasibility of the resolution. Vellucci hoped that even federal funds might be available for the project, since the under ground garage could also serve as an air raid shelter...
...resolutions pass, all cars parked overnight in Cambridge will be towed unless they belong to a resident of the City and have been registered with the City. Theoretically, this would mean that any student desiring to park overnight on local streets would have to establish legal residence in Cambridge...