Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Orgosolo has been a dark-eyed ruffian named Gian Battista Liandru, who turned outlaw some 32 years ago when he became bored with sheepherding at the age of 17. In time Liandru's forays became as legendary in the Sardinian hills as those of Jesse James in Missouri. Local law officers credited him and his band with more crimes than they could ever have found time to commit, but they could never find him to press the charges. Then, three years ago, Liandru's luck seemed to turn. Time after time the carabinieri barely missed catching...
Last week the villagers of Orgosolo trooped once again to the local churchyard to sob the age-old Sardinian funeral lament of one Antonio Francesco Manca, 48, a goatherd by trade and the father of four children. By ancient tradition, his death notice was posted in the village streets, "killed by an unknown hand and unexpectedly taken from his dear ones . . ." Why? Nobody knew, except that Antonio was No. 13 on the list...
Next Question. Youth Wants to Know most often originates in Washington. Its panel is picked by the faculties in local high schools. Usually the youngsters are bright and prepared to back their questions with facts supplied by their own research, or based on material and voting records forwarded to them by the American Legion, which handles relations with the schools for the program...
...couple of hundred educators from 17 Midwestern states gathered in Kansas City, Kans. last week and listened to a call for vigorous action to keep education under local control and save it from the tentacles of big government. They liked and applauded what the speaker said-'We need not lose our freedom if we face up to our responsibilities...
Parker never lets his workers forget the importance of their foreign trade; he once gave them 40% of their pay in Mexican pesos, arranged with local merchants to honor the currency...