Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...representative of the Union Dining halls local to which those working in Harvard's Dining Halls belong, he said labor in this line has become scarce. "Wages at Harvard are good," he added, "better than at many hotels. But we don't have enough people to fill the hobs...
...wished, made a lot of money, met important people. But I came back here because I loved Yugoslavia. I knew she would live and grow. I took a job as street-car conductor. There are many things I don't like; sometimes we can change things on a local level. I can complain to you sitting here, but I can't get on a soap-box or use the press. Not so much freedom, but I have faith in the Old Brother...
When reveille sounds at any of the four major U.S. Air Force bases in Newfoundland these dark winter mornings, the G.I. hits the deck of a barracks built of local materials by local labor. He breakfasts on food bought in Newfoundland, and turns to on a work detail with tools and equipment supplied by local merchants. Taking a break, he eats a candy bar or sips a Coke which the PX has bought in the province. After hours, he catches a local bus, takes his local girl to a local movie, and buys her coffee and doughnuts or beer...
Employment of Newfoundlanders at U.S. bases totals 3,500. They are being paid at the rate of $9,000,000 a year, which equals the payroll of the entire mining industry in the province. The U.S. will make some $2,500,000 worth of local purchases in the coming year, plus another $500,000 worth of PX supplies. Such incidentals as a $100,000 charter fee for a motor vessel to transport island supplies, almost $87,000 rental paid by off-base servicemen and $16,000 tuition to local schools attended by children of military personnel, help to give...
BILLY made his own "decision for Christ" at 16, as a lanky farm boy in Charlotte, N.C., who played first base for the local semi-pro team and dreamed of the big leagues. One night, during the invitation at a revival, Billy nudged a school chum in the ribs and stage-whispered: "Pal, I'm goin'." Billy went all the way: he began to study for the ministry. He went to the St. Petersburg Bible Institute in Florida, then Illinois' Wheaton College (where he met his wife), then accepted a pastorate in Western Springs...