Word: localism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...principals in this affair are Gene Massie, a lecherous old politician running for governor, and Harrison Garner, a local schoolteacher and a liberal. Garner's wife, who is a nymphomaniac, also figures prominently in the plot, and ultimately proves the undoing of both Massie and her husband...
After about 500 of the 1200 voters in the precinct are interviewed, the Clubs will analyze the accumulated data. The local Republican committee, Derham said, has expressed interest in using the Clubs' conclusions in planning future campaigns. Derham added that he hopes the project will interest other Republican groups to conduct similar studies elsewhere...
Therefore, when governments look around for new ways of raising money, their efforts are characterized less by statesmanship than by a desire to find the form of taxation most palatable politically. Most state and local taxes are thus make-shift, time-serving devices, and as the need for expenditures grows greater, many cities and states are paying the price in financial crises like those in New York City and Michigan. Until the politicians stop trying to please everyone at once and instead institute broad tax reforms and increases (as Rockefeller has started to do in New York State), the financial...
...them to extinguish it. The students were justified in their stimulation, though: restrictions that held them in the Yard were lifted whenever the word "Fire!" was heard. One historian claims that the young men also looked forward after fire-fighting to relieving their parched throats with firewater at the local...
...filmland farce, which differed generally from the modern product because it was not altogether unconscious, was apt as well as flattering. Some Like It Hot, unlike most recent domestic attempts, follows the tradition of Mack Sennett and Charlie Chaplin that Tati revered. It's a welcome arrival on the local scene...