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Word: localizing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then sheep and goats were easy to recognize, local fauna; good meant Giles the shoemaker taking care of the village ninny, evil Count ffoulkes who in his tall donjon Indulged in sinister eccentricities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: On Evil: The Inescapable Fact | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

Many of the Communists' civilian victims died singly or in small groups, as the Viet Cong sought to exterminate effective local leaders loyal to the government in Saigon. In 1960, Father Hoang Ngoc Minh, a popular Kontum parish priest, was ambushed by Viet Cong who drove bamboo spears through his body, then machine-gunned him to death. In 1961, the Viet Cong shot and killed two Vietnamese National Assemblymen near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: On the Other Side: Terror as Policy | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...sojourn for the prince after the excitement of his 21st birthday celebration. A little water skiing, relaxed ceremonies marking the bicentenary of the island's university, a quiet stroll through the National Museum, where cameras caught him, rapt, reaching out to touch a gracefully attenuated nude by a local sculptor. But in church-of all places -Prince Charles ran into a barrage of stink bombs. Nothing personal against the Prince, explained some fun-loving students from the Royal University of Malta. They were just miffed because they'd been left out of the royal social schedule. To mollify...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 5, 1969 | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...jabs at the Teamsters Union hierarchy. The union officials, who are just filling in while Jimmy Hoffa finishes his jail sentence, are described as corrupt bosses and the "enemy within." The magazine has publicized alleged Mafia involvement in the misuse of pension funds and attacked dynastic policies in selecting local leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Teaming Up on the Teamsters | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...grebe's problems began in the late '40s when the local mosquito abatement district sprayed thousands of pounds of DDD, a chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide, on Clear Lake to rid the area of swarms of buzzing black gnats. The chemical, a close cousin of DDT, worked so well that developers previously put off by the gnats began building houses around the lake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Return of the Grebe | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

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