Word: localize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ascent where the routine calamities of mountain climbing expanded into a series of near-disasters. Seven Harvard men (plus a gentleman from the Alpine Club of London) attacked the 25,600-foot "White Goddess" in 1936 and (1) ran into a glacial flood, (2) lost half of their local porters in a mass mutiny, (3) had to make six trips down a 12-mile gorge to carry in supplies, and (4) had a case of ptomaine poisoning 1000 feet from the summit. After half a year of work, only two of the party reached the peak. They spent an hour...
...Other local luminaries who will partake in the ceremonies are: Eddie Waitkus, Philadelphia Philly first baseman (out since May after being shot in a hotel room), Al Capp, author of "LIT Abner," actress Betty Field, and Mayor Michael J. Novilie...
Callahan finally had an answer to his question, in proud local ads by stores in Billings, Helena and Lewiston. Example, in the Billings Gazette: "There is nothing the matter with Montana . . . Montanans merely buy their 'flat-heeled pretties' at the Hart-Albin...
...Commission said: "State laws requiring special oaths for teachers, or laying down detailed prescriptions for the school curriculum, or establishing uniform tests and criteria of loyalty impair the vigor of local school autonomy and thus do harm to an important safeguard of freedom in education...
...mixture of dixieland and be-bop also attracted several local gamins who listened from the window sills...