Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fear and resentment which defeated peoples feel toward armies of occupation was softened in southwest Germany by the exemplary behavior of the First French Army. In the sleepy little towns of the Black Forest, French soldiers participated in local affairs and shone at local balls, and the French commanders were among the most respected of inhabitants. "We prefer them to German soldiers," said a townsman...
...when a local photographer began to display some of the pictures he took that night, the military governor at Malaga seized the pictures and sent them to the civil governor, who in turn sent them on to Madrid. There, it was rumored, they were shown to Franco himself. As a result, Munn was fined $250 for arranging a meeting "of manifestly immoral nature." Each of his 40-odd guests was fined $75 for attending. Last week, after protesting in vain to the U.S. embassy, Cave Man Munn and a dozen of his playmates hired Spanish lawyers to file an appeal...
...Edward J. Sullivan, said last night that he hopes the University will "see things my way" in the next two years and "give this great city a break by cooperating better than in the past." He added that "inconsiderate student parking" was the main sore point between students and local citizens, and he advocated banning all undergraduate cars except emergency cases...
Plain common sense calls for a change in the present system for electing Cambridge's mayor. Some local citizens favor giving the mayoralty automatically to the councillor who receives the highest number of votes in the preceding election. But such a system, as Councillor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29 has pointed out, would defeat the purpose of the proportional representation system by which the council is elected. It would, moreover, encourage Council candidates to spend large sums of money on campaign folderol which serves no worthwhile purpose...
Upwards of 40 Moors Hall girls were struck down Friday evening and Saturday by what local fish-wives refer to "the green death." Harvard medico-legal experts, however, attributed the sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhea to "a gastroenteritis, consistent with a bacterial contamination...