Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there was no lack of enthusiasm while he was here. He was kind enough to say that the Barrault company was captured by Cambridge. The audiences were certainly very eager even when their French was not of the best. And often it was an unusual audience, made up of local school girls dutifully herded to Sanders or great masses of the local French colony for whom this was a real occasion. Some of the faithful waited around for places despite the harping of imported ticket takers to the effect that all performances were sold out. One persistent little woman gently...
...Bartlesville scheme neatly bypasses FCC because, instead of the public air, it will use coaxial cable strung on telephone poles to link each set with the broadcast. And instead of alienating the local movie exhibitors, it has enlisted them as partners. The idea originated with Philadelphia's Jerrold Electronics Corp., which pioneered in wiring community antenna systems for towns too remote for ordinary TV signals. The company set out to persuade movie exhibitors that it would "give them a chance to get into the home and compete with TV on its own battleground." The idea appealed to Video Independent...
...Bellingham, where he takes his more serious cases for hospital treatment. He also added a 20-ft. cabin cruiser to his transport fleet, painted it shocking pink for easy visibility. He makes it a point to leave word of his whereabouts-even on his rare fishing trips-so that local pilots can find him in emergencies, and signal to him when he is needed. Then his British-born wife Evelyn takes the wheel and deftly maneuvers the boat into shallow water so that her husband can wade ashore for his call...
...hotel as mother and daughter, and got right to work. G.E.-Man Rinker picked up the tab for their suite-the customers picked up the tab for -their services. Two months later another call went out to Nella, this time for a blonde to liven up a party for local dealers. Her fee for the evening: $100 which Rinker "drew out of petty cash...
...this added incentive, hundreds of Tech students began to gather along Memorial Drive late Saturday night. By 1 a.m. they had lit bonfires along the roadside, and filled the air with vegetables, empty milk cartons, bottles and bags of water thrown from dormitory windows. Hastily assembled loudspeaker systems taunted local police summoned to the scene of the riots. The disturbance seemed at an end shortly before 2 a.m., but it subsequently began anew at around three o'clock. Once more police converged on the area, and this time they ended the rioting for good. In all, they made 31 arrests...