Word: localism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...back when an earlier supporter, Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne, moved over to Kennedy's camp after a private Democratic poll showed him easily beating Carter in Illinois. George Dunne, the Cook County party chairman, also had talks with Byrne and said that Carter would get little help from local leaders. Byrne's switch will make it much tougher for Carter in the crucial Illinois primary March 18. Said Kennedy, who had phoned Byrne several times last week: ''I'm delighted...
Kucinich is the local product who best qualifies Cleveland for national attention. He is the most firmly progressive of America's big-city mayors, and this marks him as a leading target for media ridicule. Next Tuesday he will be doing what he has practiced throughout his tenure: fighting for his political life. The nation ought to be watching the election to monitor a unique contemporary experiment in populism, not just to catch more of the mayor's antics. The press delights in portraying Kucinich as a sort of political punk-rocker: he's rude, he's vicious...
...soon as the chief conservationist's venomous reaction leaked to local newspapers, environmental groups rallied angrily to Dodd's defense. One such spokesman charged Andrus with "flagrant abuse of power" and "harassment" of "a dedicated public servant." Another point embarrassing to the Secretary: he is known as a regular diner at Dominique's. Last week the kitchen got too hot for Andrus, and he reinstated Dodd. As for Dominique's, it now serves the plentiful, unendangered diamondback rattler...
...type of policy Israel must follow if it wants progress on the Palestinian problem: a unilateral withdrawal of Israeli military government authorities from the West Bank and an evacuation of Israeli military forces from Arab population centers. Dayan proposed that the responsibility for municipal issues be transferred to local Palestinian councils even before the autonomy talks are concluded. That was clearly not a policy that appeals to Menachem Begin or the hawks in his Cabinet and so Dayan walked...
...challenge was not lost on the tough, army-backed regime of President Park Chung Hee. After calling an emergency meeting of his Cabinet, Park clamped martial law on Pusan and replaced the local police chief with a general as military governor. The government also ordered a curfew, closed the campuses of both Pusan National University and Dong-a University, and imposed press censorship. Park appealed to the South Korean public to cooperate against "unruly moves threatening the foundation of constitutional rule...