Word: localitis
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...between the Bureau of the Census and the IRS, implemented only a week ago, the IRS is now the most well-stocked agency in the federal government. (If you'd like to get in touch with the IRS agent selling hot stereos out of the parking lot of your local IRS regional office, call the taxpayer information hotline and ask about the "census bureau exemption...
...ACTIVITIES ETC: Drama club (9 plays as actor, techie, director), Orlando Sentinel teen correspondent and movie critic for three years, Florida Film Festival volunteer, Science State (2 years), Drama State (1 year), Nat'l Merit Finalist, school literary mag, Mu Alpha Theta, volunteer at local Democratic headquarters...
...asks around the village about girl's reputation, intelligence, domestic abilities and willingness to move to America. Satisfied with his findings, boy approaches girl's father and asks for her hand in marriage. The deal is done, girl is notified of the arrangement and, two weeks later, the local kids are married in the town church. The next day, they leave Greece, my mother binding her future to a man with whom she has shared less than an hour's worth of private conversation. She knows no one in Chicago besides her husband; she understands only a handful of English...
...years later, my 25-year-old mother is busily balancing three children, a full-time job on a factory assembly line and English-language classes at the local community college. And my father has signed up for the night shift at the baking company where he works, often logging more than 60 hours a week, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Their mismatched schedules allow only brief day-to-day interactions. A cup of coffee over a rushed breakfast as my mom struggles to ready three little girls for school and my dad struggles to stay awake...
...relieved the lawyers, mainly public defenders, charged with protecting the rights of sexual criminals, asked for time to consider whether the law provides adequate protections for sex offenders after their release from prison. Currently, those convicted of sex crimes who settle in New Jersey are required to register with local police, and their photos, names, addresses, license plate numbers and phone numbers are released to the families and facilities deemed "appropriate" by local officials...