Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...creation of a 240,000-man Malay Federation army, of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Eurasians. He saw it as the prerequisite of self-government, and was disappointed when the Chinese held back. He is also deep in such unsoldierly problems as rural industrial development and low-interest loans for local cooperative societies. The sensational fall in the price of rubber, as a result of a falling-off in U.S. purchases, distressed him. More even than the guerrillas, that might spell disaster for all his plans...
...Nash) seethed with action, pulsed with meaning, and added up to nothing. Closing at week's end, it told a melodramatic movie yarn that-loaded down with symbolism -made a lumbering stagecoach. The yarn, laid in mountain country, concerned a crusading young schoolmaster's struggle against the local villain who tyrannized over people, gobbled up property, caged up animals. Crux of the struggle was a hunt for an unworldly youth fleeing with a $900 inheritance. As a western, Jaguar lacked life because even its gunplay suggested a morality play. As serious drama, it was so portentous that every...
...calls "Mac," was a graduate student of chemistry, and has been a great help. Being scientifically trained, she raised no objection at all when he started his work on sex, and sometimes she helps him in the office typing confidential documents. She teaches classes in swimming, runs the local Girl Scout camp, and loves the great outdoors...
Some Episcopalians and Presbyterians are fond of talking about a denominational merger-some green and pleasant future day; in Cincinnati, working unions have already taken place. In each case, the union was the result of simple, local logic...
...Health Needs of the Nation will hand its report to Harry Truman next week, Revealing this. Chairman Paul Magnuson tipped the commission's hand: instead of recommending a compulsory national health service, it will advocate all-out expansion of voluntary prepayment health plans, with health centers (run by local doctors) dotting the country...