Word: localize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are basically three catalysts for Josie's rise from the tortured pubescent soul of "Josie Grosie" to a beautiful, confident young woman. First is a writing assignment to go undercover at a local high school to get the scoop on the latest adolescent trends and scandals. This gives Josie the opportunity to regress into the same type of cruelly divisive social organization that dominated her own high school experience, get another chance at popularity and reclaims the self-esteem that was extinguished just a few years earlier...
...larger sense, we, are missing is the immediacy of politics. Those who are well-versed in political tactics and maneuvering (and that includes all of us in this day and age) are clueless when it comes to the hard-to-solve rhetoric-free problems that pervade a local politician's consciousness...
While many theories and books have been devoted to the study of our federal government and its heroic leaders, there is often precious-little talk about those who do the bulk of the governance in this country. While the Senate and the House are arguing with White House, local politicians all over the country are quietly and persistently attacking the nation's toughest problems--poverty, homelessness, crime and education--with creativity and vigor...
...felt it was complete. I stood at the intersection of Willow and Broadway, near a sign that proudly read "Ball Square" and I considered heading over a bridge that waited in front of me. The bridge headed back into Medford, toward Malden. Then I spotted Ball Square's local bar. I knew what I had to do. Twenty minutes later, with the last of my money and a bottle of Rolling Rock spent, I headed for home...
...city is lending some support, but Putnam Park is just one in a series of local areas threatened by development...