Word: localism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dismay over Carter and his most recent actions runs the gamut of society. Florian Keen, 57, a setup man at a Davenport, Iowa, pump factory where he doubles as chairman of U.A.W. Local 1442's political action committee, said, "I'm real bothered." Though he wears a green and white Carter button, Keen said, "I'd lose an election if I were running for local office and was seen wearing this button. That's how unpopular Carter...
...litany of Western complaints goes back to the beginning of the Carter presidency-the "hit list" of Western water projects, the increasing intrusion of the federal bureaucracy on state and local laws, the general view that the Carter Administration is bent on creating an "energy sewer'' in the West for the greater benefit of the Eastern seaboard...
...blackboards, in doctor's officer, in meditation. No past and no future. No Sen. Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass) strutting his proud nose in the Senate and announcing to his esteemed intoxicated colleagues that "there will be no more pennant race in 1977." The next fall, Brooke watched the local newspapers proclaim the story of his divorce all over their front pages; he watched Sen. Paul Tsongas eak him out of a Senate seat, and he saw the Yankees win the World Series...
...deadlines were not met, the board could make the decisions itself, and its rulings could be challenged judicially only in federal appeals courts. That would skip several levels of legal intervention; the lawsuits spawned by almost any energy project now often start out in local courts and migrate slowly from there to federal district courts. Almost any controversial decision made by the board would be challenged as un constitutional by back-home politicians and environmentalists, and several of the countless legal battles might drag up slowly to the U.S. Supreme Court. Administration aides hope that the high court would reject...
...major problem is not financial but environmental. Extracting oil from shale is thought to be the greatest pollution threat. Thus, the toughest environmental battles will probably rage in Colorado and other shale-rich Western states, which have generally strict pollution-control laws. There will also be local resistance to coal gasification and liquefaction plants because they pollute the air with fumes from burning and lead to a noisy, dust-spewing increase in rail traffic to bring in the coal. On the other side, labor unions and various local groups will be eager to attract synfuel plants-particularly in Appalachia-because...