Word: localitis
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...headlines in local newspapers took some notice in succeeding years when Coolidge '95 was elected to minor offices: Selectman, Member of the State Legislature, etc. But they took no notice of his classmate Morrow when he was made a member of the New York law firm of Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett...
Next morning they turned up at the Capitol, silk hatted, with varicolored spats, and walked all over the bright white lines in sym-were tacked up in the great semicircles of seats, making it look metrical designs, and the diligently pointing arrows which the local Traffic Director had just painted on the pavement...
...theory, or pretext, that they must be impartial in local party feuds, these magistrates were never natives of the city which they were appointed to govern. Far be it from Signor Mussolini to overlook the advantages of this mediaeval method of centralization. Appointees of the national government will soon supplant locally elected mayors...
Under the Soviet regime, the drama in Russia takes the form of travelling companies who perform at industrial plants during the hours of recreation. Amateurs, in the form of local workers supplement the efforts of the actors, and though this form of drama probably has little literary significance, it is said to be immensely emotional and very effective...
...question for all the necessities of life, stirred by a rabid socialist, strike precipitately. The unyielding owners, as also the rest of the community, for the issue is clearly defined, must eventually capitulate or starve. Unfortunately for the cause of labor, the railroad men rouse the opposition of the local medical profession by extending their food boycott even to the Valleyhead Infirmary. To bring relief, two young surgeons, despite the secret warning of Ben Ormerod, the spokesman of the employees, attempt to run the blockade. Dr. Eric Miller is killed; and his friend, Dr. John Wrigley, overcome by the disaster...