Word: localize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Conway, Ark., Pitcher Woody Jobe served up a fast ball that broke the batter's nose, then snapped off a second pitch that broke his own arm. In Salem, N.H., the local athletic club lost its biggest game when a black snake slithered out of Shortstop Bruce Magoon's glove just as he was about to scoop up an easy grounder...
...Need for Luck. The group that gained most was the Free Democratic Party, economically to the right of the Christian Democrats and called the "Bankers' Party" by the Socialists; the Free Democrats got 52 seats, trebling their best showing in earlier local contests. The extreme right-wing Deutsche Partei and the hotheaded Bavarian separatist Bayernpartei polled 17 seats each; local and splinter groups, mostly right-wing, gained 32 seats between them. The Communists were soundly beaten (6% of the total vote, 15 seats...
Last week, a brilliant blue neon sign and the suspenseful whirr of roulette wheels heralded the opening of San Marino's casino, temporarily quartered in the Kursaal, the republic's one concert hall. There was a quiet champagne party for 300 local officials and well-heeled visitors. Three dozen croupiers (imported from Italy) smoothly took charge of the casino's five roulette and two baccarat tables...
...millions of Indians, Gandhi's friend Nehru is still the father-protector; he tirelessly travels all over his vast country to see and be seen by the people. Recently he visited remote Ladakh, in the Himalayas, where he had his picture taken with two local lamas. But except for Nehru, there is scarcely a major figure in India today who could command loyalty or respect should the 59-year-old Nehru follow Gandhi. Few can see beyond Nehru and his logical successor Patel...
Other signs informed Malvernites that the Arkansas Education Caravan had arrived to show them how to have better local schools. A caravan crew of 30 piled from the buses, began filling schoolrooms with up-to-date equipment, setting up shining new swings and jungle gyms in dusty playgrounds. In the next twelve hours, local educators and laymen got a whirlwind course in modern educational improvements...