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Word: localize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...project, which they christened Operation Esperance (Operation Hope), authorities expropriated from a French landholding company a 600-acre farm near the Kabylia town of Saint Lucien and announced that 16 Moslem fellahin would be given ownership of the land they had worked as sharecroppers. The French also proclaimed free local elections in the Kabylia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALGERIA: The Reform That Failed | 8/6/1956 | See Source »

Robert G. McCloskey, associate professor of Government at Harvard, speaking July 19 on the "Republican Outlook," said that the G.O.P. as "a party of no principles," has an excellent chance to capture the national and local elections this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McCloskey Sees A G.O.P. Victory | 8/2/1956 | See Source »

Despite the disadvantages of the small stage and the accompaniment by piano only, the Ballet Theatre stars gave a diverse and entertaining performance. If the program for the rest of the week is equally good, local theatregoers will still have an opportunity to see dance at its best

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stars of the Ballet Theatre | 8/2/1956 | See Source »

...spiritual director of the nuns, Canon Peart decides, under the prodding of the local legal shark, to sue for libel and defamation of character - he needs the money to pay for that dry bathroom which was necessary for the dignity of the parish. Suing the Sassenach and his newspaper seems the answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Farce of the Year | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

...gentry, is a convert) sleeping peacefully under the benign but totalitarian rule of Roman Catholic Canon Ignatius Peart. The canon's only worries are the prevalence of love in the hayricks and the difficulty of raising funds to fit his parish house with an upstairs bathroom (which the local water pressure will not reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Farce of the Year | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

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