Word: localism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...such countries as East Germany and Hungary, Communist regimes are maintained only by the presence of Russian soldiers or the vigilance of local troops and state police. Many new or underdeveloped nations feel that, whatever lures it may possess, Communism comes with too high a price tag of coercion and terror...
...proving increasingly difficult to root out. The Baptists, who appeal to the Russian soul with their fundamentalism, are growing steadily, now have more than 3,000,000 members. Even if its inhabitants rarely attend a religious service, practically every Russian village still celebrates the name day of the local church's patron saint...
...campus paper, the Daily Texan, he crusaded against the state's sacrosanct oil-and-gas industry, berating it for taking too much out of the state and putting too little back in. In the uproar that ensued, complete with suppression of his editorials, Willie became something of a local celebrity...
...spokesman for a Cambridge draft board emphasized that local boards are not required to follow recommendations from Hershey, as each board determines its own policy. However, in this case they probably will follow the policy prescribed by Hershey, the spokesman said...
Berlin stated that the Massachusetts ACLU would serve as defense counsel if a local student should be inducted under this new policy. The chances of a court victory for the student would be very good, he added...