Word: sectionalist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While stopping short of supporting New York loan guarantees, Busbee agreed that "fire and brimstone regionalism" must not be allowed to overwhelm national economic policy. But sectionalist pressures are growing fast. At least six associations of elected officials and regional experts have been created by Northern states during the past 18 months alone. The largest: the Northeast-Midwest coalition of 204 Congressmen, headed by Massachusetts Representative Michael Harrington, which seeks legislation favorable to industrial states. In newspaper ads proclaiming THE NORTH SHALL RISE AGAIN, Michigan has called for a Great Lakes area "common market." Busbee in turn has been telling...
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