Word: regionality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mountain Boys. Denver is the center of the eleven-state Rocky Mountain Region, which was flooded by prehistoric seas that once covered most of the U.S. and laid down the oil-bearing strata along its shore and on its bottom. One Denver geologist talks sweepingly of "a great underground river of oil flowing from Northern Alberta to the Rio Grande." More than $130 million was spent in the area last year tapping the "river." Refineries are being expanded and new ones built; new pipelines are fanning across the mountains...
...Hampshire Lakes Region Association has been planning this celebration for some time, and, although it will come at the peak of the tourist season, there will still be accommodations if the Association's arrangements are successful...
Agriculture: Manchuria is the only region in underfed Red China which produces an agricultural surplus. The Japanese got its grain production up to 16 million tons a year; the Communists increased it to 18. This year, because of devastating summer floods and the drain on manpower for the armies in Korea, it has fallen to about 17 million tons...
...consistently supported other groups working in the cause of academic freedom as is shown by the endorsement by local regions of NSA of the American Association of University Students for Academic Freedom. The AAUSAF is already active in this important field, has printed and distributed literature on the various phases of academic freedom and is now striving for nationwide membership. In addition, the local region of NSA in connection with the Harvard Liberal Union has already published three news letters this term on the status of academic freedom in New England and urged students to take effective action...
...immediate expulsion of the Yugoslavia student union upon the break with Tito with the Soviet Union caused a halt to negotiations. NSA has constantly stated its willingness to fully participate if the IUS will cease its partisan political activity. Frank L. Parker, 3G Chairman, Academic freedom Committee New, England Region...