Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Probably 10,000 TIME readers have written you concerning the sentence: "The brouhaha with Stevens hurt McCarthy as well as the party . . ." What does "brouhaha" mean? The word appears in no dictionary I have consulted-and is unknown to researchers at local libraries...
...TIME'S overseas bureaus a correspondent's best friend is often the staff driver. The drivers are local citizens, familiar with the traffic laws, geography and driving habits of the land. But they do more than just drive cars. They are indispensable members of the staff. They run errands and act as interpreters. They get dispatches out over impossible telephone connections. They place airmail packages on planes whose manifests are already made up. In short, they are minor miracle workers...
Professional dissatisfaction with the plan is largely because of low salaries (about $8,000). Doctors cannot afford secretaries to fill out the many cards and forms demanded by the Local Executive Health Councils...
...sponsoring the Harvard Composers' series, WHRB, the Music Club, and Adams House have given more than mere lip-service to local talent. They have provided an opportunity for these composers to crystallize, through the test of performance, the course which their music will take in the future...
Students of the University of Maryland AFROTC have assured the local committee of their complete support, and it is expected that this group will join with the University men in Washington during vacation...