Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even in friendly Brazzaville local politicians had "serious reservations" about the general's constitution. Within a few hours of his arrival political leaders of the four territories of Equatorial Africa presented De Gaulle with a memorandum demanding that France recognize that her African territories have a "right" to freedom whenever they...
...this hostile environment De Gaulle made no public appearances. Instead, he spent two days consulting with local dignitaries-including a number of Moslems, whose names were kept secret to protect them from rebel reprisals. Then, bone tired, he canceled plans for a tour of the Algerian interior and set off for Paris. On the day of his departure his recorded voice boomed out over Radio Algiers, promising neither the right to independence to Algerian Arabs nor the prospect of "integration" with France to the French Algerian colons. A yes vote on his constitution, declared De Gaulle, "will mean...
Desperate to put down the local alarm, authorities in Rio insisted that there was no danger in Brazil but plenty in the U.S. where hormone fattening is standard practice. Trouble with this argument: U.S. authorities have not turned up a single proven case of enough hormone getting through to have any detectable effect. Last week Director Jayme Lins de Almeida of the Brazilian government's Institute of Animal Biology announced that he was starting "rigorous official experiments" to find out who is right...
...persistent advocate of subsidy ("I cannot afford the luxury of commuter lines"), Alpert will put pressure on New York State to open its own treasury by lowering rail taxes or subsidizing commuter trains. Other Eastern lines will also use the Massachusetts precedent as a wedge in their campaign for local aid. In New York, the New York Central is particularly anxious for state or municipal help, threatens to halt commuter service unless it receives...
...Connecticut sent a plea to the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee to find a solution to commuter woes, urged "that the Federal Government not preside over the liquidation of vital railroad services." But rather than federal aid or higher fares, the Interstate Commerce Commission believes that more local subsidies for rails are the solution. Says ICC Chairman Howard Freas: "If an urban or interurban commuting service needs subsidizing, it should be by the communities served and not by freight shippers throughout the country...