Word: localitis
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...delegation from the U. S. Chamber of Commerce called upon the President, urged him to call a conference of representatives of states to devise means of securing more local economy and reducing taxation of farm lands...
...problem of the illegitimate child is as old as the institution of marriage. The first policy of the law was to refuse such offspring any legal recognition. As early, however, as 1575, one finds an English statute providing that, when a bastard was born in any parish, the local justices of the peace might order the child to be kept by the public authorities and compel either the mother or the reputed father to contribute to its support. The Norwegian law is today considered the most enlightened legislation on the subject. It gives the child the right to be supported...
...Tufts '27 have already made plans for the trip, and two or three other men expect to go also. While at Pinehurst they will practice with the Sandhill Polo Club in preparation for a series of matches which will begin immediately after the close of vacation, with several local teams...
...right to work around footlights in Hasty Pudding theatricals, with the proper patronesses, but beyond that one simply does not go. However, as Professor Baker can probably do his work much more efficiently at Yale, the existence of this attitude at Harvard would seem to be of a purely local importance. Robert Benchley in Life
...constant rise in local American government securities is due to their attractiveness to large investors through their tax-exempt features. The result of their steady expansion is bound to be an increase in local taxation...