Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bloemfontein and the cataloging of the Southern skies were one answer. But it would have required, for a successful consummation, a definite centralization of the Observatory away from Cambridge. Local conditions, and even those at Harvard, Mass., were far too poor for high-quality optical work. The all too familiar New England weather does not supply skies to match those available to Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories...
...past, presidential commissions have helped change aimless political bickering into constructive action on national problems. For many years, legislation on civil rights and international trade problems staggered in a void of informed opinion. The Report of President Truman's Commission on Civil Rights, however helped create favorable attitudes for local action to eliminate discrimination in employment, education, and housing...
...Porter of Savannah, Ga.: "8 X 10 neg. of A-AWP supplement to emp. tt. governing train carrying body of Jefferson Davis from New Orleans to Richmond, May 29, 1893. 10 cents each. Timetable fans and Confederate collectors write."), and attending mass meetings to hear reports from local railroad vice-presidents...
Feature Length. In Fresno, Calif., Charles R. Fleeger, 22, had to reschedule his wedding after he was sentenced to five days in jail for knocking out his fiancee during an argument about whether to go to a local movie...
...match the local papers called "The Pride of the East versus the Best of the West" drew over 6,000 fans to the 82,000 capacity Berkeley Memorial Stadium. Outside of the San Francisco Press, the Bears, with a 10-1-1 record, were rated solid favorites to beat the snow-clogged Crimson...