Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...complacent mood, West Germany is not interested in dogmatic Marxism. Karl Marx's face has been turned to the wall. "Free competition is a decisive means of Social Democratic economic policy," Ollenhauer proclaims. He soft-pedals the old class war, plays up Socialist efficiency in running state and local governments. He offers as his 1957 slogan: "Security...
...neither corn nor peanuts that China's Chou En-lai paid a visit to Cambodia last November. Sihanouk gave him the royal bed, and Chou blanketed the country with Communist propaganda. Cambodian newspapers began charging the U.S. with setting up military bases in the country. The local Chinese colony, seeing the royal favor conferred on Chou, began shifting its allegiance to Peking. Communist agents delivered money and mortars to Mekong River pirates raiding the borders of neighboring Laos and South Viet Nam. But perhaps Sihanouk's biggest mistake was to permit, in his onetime 100% Sihanouk Parliament...
After Australia's Davis Cup triumph, Australians and New Zealanders could be forgiven the notion that tennis down under is the best in the world. Then the pros came to town, and local pride went back into the marsupial pouch. Aussie Ken Rosewall hardly belonged on the court with Pro Champion Pancho Gonzales...
...through hills, not go around them. The demand for better roads will give an edge to the big contractors, since state highway officials are expected to parcel out longer pieces of road in a single contract, rather than chop them up in six-or seven-mile bits for smaller local operators. This should not pinch the small man, because the pie is big enough for all. But it will make for efficiency. As U.S. Public Roads Commissioner C. D. Curtiss said last week: on a $300,000 job, contractors can build only $1.56 worth of highway for every $1 worth...
...Editorial Board offers training in argumentation on national, local, and university topics, and in the reviewing of plays, movies, and books. Art and music critics are especially needed, but Gov majors are always welcome...