Word: localities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people at a local casting agency liked Phillips enough to put him and roommate Dave Kuhn--the football player--into a Miller Genuine Draft commercial that should come out in the next few weeks...
...University does not divest by 2003, the E4D trust fund will be turned over to a local charity...
...aloof. As the Red Guards ran amuck, Mao Zedong urged the military to challenge them -- but with rhetoric, not guns and bayonets. Some officers rebelled against what they felt was the ambiguity of their position. In Wuhan district, the military commander, General Chen Zaidao, was ordered to support the local Red Guard faction. He refused and seized as hostages three party officials who were sent to confront him. Premier Zhou Enlai had to negotiate their release...
...trimmed from a peak strength of 4.5 million to its present level of 3.2 million. The increasing prosperity of farm life means that the army has been forced to enlist more urban youth, who are more inclined to question orders. Despite such lures as family benefits and monthly bonuses, local officials often find it difficult to produce their annual quota of recruits. As a result, some | communities have begun to impose fines on youths who refuse to enlist. "Recruitment is even harder than family planning," a military officer complained. "You can drag a person to the hospital ((for an abortion...
...year-old twins, and Peter Quigley, also 18, are stars of the football team. The two other youths who were arrested were under 18 at the time of the attack, and their identities have not been released. Among the eight onlookers: the 18-year-old son of a local police lieutenant...