Word: localize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...building that served as the community school and eagerly awaited my pupils. They straggled in one by one, curious but shy. They reacted to my cheerful greetings by retracting their heads into their t-shirts like turtles into a shell, or by whispering to one another in Arrente, the local language. The children had no interest in reading that day; instead, they had simply heard that a bunch of "whitefellas" were going to be at the school and were curious to see them...
...three years later, Harvard still owns more than $34 million in Shell stock. Student protests continue today. On Nov. 10 (the anniversary of Mr. Saro-Wiwa's execution), the Environmental Action Committee organized student protests on the steps of Widener and in front of the local Shell station. These were part of an international day of protest against Shell's involvement in Nigeria. Like Mr. Sachs and the 1995 council, we urge Harvard to join us in censure of Shell Oil by fully divesting itself of all Shell stock. BENJAMIN D. TOLCHIN '01, DANIEL M. HENNEFELD '99, DANIELLE C. SCHINDLER...
...group, which claims a membership of about 20, is looking to become a full-fledged chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi International. The fraternity has chapters at local colleges including MIT and Brandeis University...
...Cambridge resident reports that at 2:40 a.m. a patron of a local bar was stopped by the bartender from consuming more alcohol. The patron then became upset and knocked a pair of glasses off his table. The suspect's friend confronted him in the bar's parking lot and tried to take his keys. The suspect tried to punch his friend and then fled...
...council later passed a resolution that would urge local developers to take another look at proposed rate increases and endorsed a revised mission statement for City Manager Robert W. Healy...