Word: localize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Anna's love affair with the Kremlin. Always a promoter of the old illusion that Communism and local patriotism can mix, she had applauded Yugoslavia's Tito too freely, and she was suspected of trying to get to China to peddle Titoism to her old friend, Mao Tse-tung. To this Anna answered: "Poppycock." She was already feeling better about being back home: "I feel more . . . comfortable in this country than in any other part of the world. I do not find it the most interesting or exciting country ... I want to go to some country where there...
...leaders of local unions blasted the Socialists with familiar Moscow invective: "Betrayers! Opportunists! Careerists!" then announced they would go ahead with the strike. Boss Narain promptly expelled the Communist locals from his federation...
Thunder on the Left. As the rumpus spread, the protests grew louder. The Young Progressives made most of the noise. Meanwhile, President Strand's stand got support from some members of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors; the president, they said, was entirely within his rights. Spitzer and La Vallee countered by declaring that they would appeal to the A.A.U.P.: they insisted that they were being fired for their Progressive activities. Finally, Strand's patience snapped...
...theater company will be required to get rid of more than half of Paramount's 1,450 houses within three years, specifically those which are now owned jointly with local companies, or which have no competition. No new theaters may be acquired without court permission...
Tonight at the Hotel Continental, Mulverhill will be installed as president for his eighth term in office. Co-workers credit him for much of the union's progress and expansion, and he is generally regarded as a local "F.D.R...