Word: neighborism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little cottage was silent. Neighbor Conkrite, getting no answer to his knocking, finally pushed open the door and walked in. Cats brushed against his legs, ran like shadows through the dilapidated room, crouched and stared at him, with soundless mews. Crumpled on a bed lay their mistress, the old woman known around South Kent, Conn, as Mrs. Florence Chandler, the "cat woman." She was dead...
...wave his hand at a neighbor down the river, Franklin Roosevelt rocked the boat, almost dumped his party in the water...
Then, as Ramberg walked to the door of the room, he staggered and fell. His wife tried to drag him outside. She too dropped unconscious from the fumes. When a neighbor called later, he found Dorothy babbling crazily. Her husband was still lying on the floor...
...Harvard Press Box any attempt would be the height of futility any-how. Six reporters are packed into a space designed for five; reporters spend a good bit of time sitting down and grow accordingly. It would be impossible not to read over the shoulder of your neighbor two down, and your next door pal can't even think without his brain waves vibrating in your ears...
...saving solution to this oily dilemma may come from no immediate action at all. The State Department may retire to the sidelines, tell Mr. Parish to take the ball and see how far he can carry it on his own. While he tries, the U.S. can use its Good Neighbor funds for highways and military bases...