Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years now University students have defied one of Cambridge's most arbitrary laws: the ban on all night parking. And, except for periodic spurts of activity by local policemen, they have escaped unticketed. But lately another crusade has commenced, and little remembrances from the local law enforcers bring the law back into gloomy prominence...
...have complained about ticks since Homer's time. The worst thing they do is spread disease, but even this trait is not always considered a disservice. Certain death-dealing ticks of Madagascar are encouraged to live in native villages. The local people become immune to their bites, and their presence discourages raiders...
...with money, never wanted, and during the Depression supported from 30 to 40 needy men on his California ranch. He was an honored citizen of Burbank, and as he grew older, liked to get his vast bulk into a Santa Claus suit before Christmas and entertain children at a local department store. He never lacked whisky to sip, nor friends with whom to mull over the "great old days." He was 77 last week when he suffered a heart attack in his chair, asked his niece to call a doctor. He was dead when the doctor got there...
After missing nine out of nine last year the old Clocker Spaniel hesitantly dusts off his Crystal Ball for his predictions on the local horse racing opener at Lincoln Downs. Nine races are on tap, with the track listed as slow...
Goslin left his position in Pasadena because of local pressure opposing his introduction of more progressive trends in the public schools. He was a member of the U.S. National Committee on UNESCO, and consultant to the Phi Delta Kappa Commission on Public Education...