Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...summer monsoon, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was taking his first vacation in three years. Nehru was bone-tired; black circles ringed his eyes. In the cool. British-built hill station of Chakrata, Nehru slept under blankets, went for long walks on the fir-clad slopes, drew loud cheers from local admirers when he rode a pony onto the local parade ground and neatly guided it through a perfect figure eight...
...sailed off into the fog banks of history. In Manhattan last week some 50 retired admirals and Marine Corps generals, flying in from Remember's opening ceremonies in Annapolis, paraded up lower Broadway, felt salty planks under foot again aboard a dozen Atlantic Fleet vessels tied up at local piers. Senior officer present: Fleet Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey, 74, now leading a land battle to save the fabled carrier Enterprise from the scrap heap. Among the other World War II brass on hand: Admiral Richard L ("Close-In") Conolly, 65, a past master at firing his 16-inchers...
...Washington legislature has passed a $52 million bond issue to be matched with $60 million from local communities. Though Washington officials do not think they will be able to go it alone indefinitely, most agree that federal aid is not needed now. In Connecticut, only three communities have applied for hardship grants from the state board of education, and the legislature now has a plan before it to put up at least half the cost of local construction. Mississippi, which would probably get $3 back for every dollar it paid out in taxes on any federal-aid bill, is darkly...
...Stewart's charges by his district committee. But to the Pennsylvania-born Rev. James Stewart, 51. who won his B.D. at Yale Divinity School, Bishop Smith is only a target of opportunity in a larger campaign against what he calls a widespread practice in the Methodist Church, i.e., local ministers being expected to chip in with presents for the bishop from time to time. Love gifts from congregations to pastors-including TV sets and tours of the Holy Land-are not uncommon in churches. What Stewart is charging is the improper acceptance of money for services supposed...
...Dear Foster" letter arguing that any such restriction would be "abridging the freedom of the press." Last week, in a "Dear Arthur" answer, Secretary Dulles gave a definition of press freedom that, if widely adopted, would deny newsmen access to every time-honored news source, from the local police station to the Pentagon to Capitol Hill. "The constitutional 'freedom of the press,' " wrote Dulles, "relates to publication, and not to the gathering of news...