Word: localizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Petrus, who in the old days of apartheid would have been called boy even as a middle aged man and relegated to the ranks of simple farmhands, is the farms co-proprietor and a man of substance in the local black community. Lurie is unsure how to relate to Petrus: at first he seems determined to like him, the politically correct thing to do in the situation. But a shockingly violent incident involving Lucy changes everything. Suddenly Lurie is doubly disgracedfor his failure as a father to help his own daughter and for his abuse of the child-like student...
Following the terms set out by last year's Good Friday agreement, Britain ended 27 years of direct rule, giving local politicians the power to run Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland, in turn, has relinquished its constitutional territorial claim to the British province...
...collecting gifts for local children in impoverished families, especially those in families that have been separated for various reasons, said Bryan A. Richards, PSN's administrator. The drive will begin tomorrow and continue through...
...overseers of the project for the last two years, they act as liaisons between a myriad of local coordinators, administrative deans and vice presidents, each of whom have reviewed and approved contingency plans...
...apparently picked up enough political savvy along the way to run what local politicos called a brilliant campaign...