Word: localism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...racial laws. Though all schools are now open to blacks and whites alike, only 6% of full-time undergraduate students at the white schools are black, while at the black schools, only 4% of such students are white. There is also a good deal of pro gram duplication at local black and white campuses...
...eldest of the sisters, started writing songs at the age of eight. She and Terre performed them first in the family living room in Park Ridge, N.J., then later on the back of a flat-bed truck in nearby shopping centers for the benefit of a local politician and the glory of the Democratic Party. Terre, 26, the most voluble Roche, shipped off a couple of these campaign ditties to the White House for L.B.J. to use in his battle against Barry Goldwater; she also wrote a letter to the Pope, requesting instructions for achieving sainthood. Neither the President...
Because gasoline costs more to refine, and the companies spend more to advertise and deliver it right to the pump, they sell it for 54.4? per gal., a markup of 20.4?. Unlike heating oil, gasoline is heavily taxed; federal, state and local taxes add 13.2? per gal. The service station tacks on an average 9.7? per gal., to bring the cost up to the national average...
...owner of the program. Broadcasters are sure to make an angry challenge of this aspect of the proposed FCC ruling in Congress. Quite as important as the effect of the proposed ruling is the shift in FCC philosophy that it indicates. The FCC had always been eager to shield local broadcasters from cable competition. But Philip Verveer, director of the FCC cable bureau, now justifies the proposed new ruling with a rhetorical question: "Why interfere with consumer preference...
...Supreme Court struck down the public-access obligation on a federal level in early April. Local authorities can still compel cable operators to make available public-access air time, and cable companies cannot legally remove the raunchier shows. Still, the Supreme Court ruling gave cable operators somewhat more authority to choose from among programs that they think will actually arouse some interest...