Word: localism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...army mess recently invited more Moslems than Europeans to a tea, and warned Europeans that if they did not mix with the Moslem guests, "only one conclusion could be drawn"-that fraternization was a myth. One French captain wrote a dozen letters to local rebels, promising them amnesty if they left the F.L.N. to resume normal lives in their villages. Several replied in almost friendly fashion, one saying that he wanted to wait and see what came of De Gaulle's forthcoming meeting with the King of Morocco. That meeting, if it takes place, would imply high-level Moslem...
...crude signs denouncing the Italian government and the European Common Market. Communist agitators in the crowd also put the blame on U.S. President Eisenhower (on the ungrounded thesis that U.S. wheat shipments for needy Italian children had undermined the potato market). Actually, low prices were the result of a local surplus, panicky farmers' hasty dumping on the market, and above all, the tight squeeze of the Camorra, the middlemen-racketeers who dominate farm-produce distribution in the Naples area (TIME, April...
When 40 carabinieri arrived to clear the marketplace for the day's trade, tempers flared, and the trouble began. Fighting tear gas with rocks, cabbages and potatoes, the mob forced the troopers to retreat into the city hall, where for good measure the rioters ransacked the local tax office and burned the tax records. Seizing the abandoned carabinieri truck, the peasants drove it through the barred double doors of the city hall's main entrance and set it afire. But inside, besides the harried carabinieri, were 100 women and children, who were trapped in upper floors...
Both sides proved to be a bit overzealous. Passo saw to it that before Margaret went anywhere, local police would comb the area, throw up blockades and cordons to keep away the public. When Margaret took a dip in the Viscount Assecas' pool she got the Lady Godiva treatment: nearby peasants' cottages were shuttered up and windows without blinds were pasted with paper...
Behind the campaign was India's powerful Congress Party, joined by local Socialists and Moslem groups, all sharing a long list of grievances against the two-year-old Communist regime, including "antidemocratic activities" and "misappropriation of funds." The Roman Catholic Church, in this most Christian of India's 14 states, was also aroused by a new state law giving the Communist government increased control over private schools...