Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...replied Ike, "is that you must put your eye on the main danger. The main danger today is imperialist Communism, or Communist imperialism. The main danger is not from people who have embraced Communism and who are not part of the imperialist group. And it is not from a local man who is exercising power, maybe even in dictatorial fashion, at this moment. Now, I do not mean to say that we should ever forsake our ideals . . . But when it comes to the great struggle in which the world is now tied up, for my part, I will keep...
...guardians of protocol, has canvassed the families of 860 former princes, counts, viscounts, barons and assorted daimyo (warlords). It has investigated the state of each family's finances, made copious notes on the looks, talents, and IQs of all eligible daughters. It also sent emissaries to all local ward offices, which keep such complete genealogical records that they can trace a scandal, a case of insanity or an illegitimacy back for centuries. In Japan such precautions are important: Akihito's own mother almost lost out as fiancée to her crown prince when a rival accused...
...invited Manchurians to bring their complaints straight to him, and reportedly had 20 generals shot for stealing. Invalided south for a series of stomach-ulcer operations, he was ordered to Formosa to prepare for the Nationalist retreat, and arrived in the midst of much highhanded Nationalist treatment of the local population. Formosans remember him as their best Chinese governor, a man who "made no promises, did not brag and was very strict." When Chiang made him Premier during the Korean war crisis, Chen fired corrupt officials, introduced the government's first modern budget...
...help promote an improbable trend back to "good music," station WJQS in Jackson, Miss, put some 5,000 rock 'n' roll records in a coffin, hauled the gone stuff to a local shopping center for a symbolic funeral service. Unfortunately, the disks were not buried but passed out gratis to a horde of screaming teenagers...
...sectarian morning services are held each morning at 8:40 in Appleton Chapel of Memorial Church. Vesper services under visiting and local ministers are held each Sunday evening at 8 p.m. in the main chapel...