Word: localitis
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...also featured on the excellent "Vintage Collections: George Jones & Melba Montgomery" from Capitol, an album I'll be mining for more gems in the future. I have, of course, already sung the praises of the "United Artists Years" album from Razor & Tie. Both are prominently featured on your friendly local search engine...
...overriding concern was that it was taking away from the open space," claims Essaibi, arguing that the sculpture's unwieldy height would block the bayside view. Neighborhood groups, local high schools and businesses contributed to the overwhelming opposition, with additional concerns about kids climbing on or graffitiing the piece. More importantly, local community groups were outraged at having been snubbed and excluded from the decision-making process concerning the publicly visible land. Essaibi claims that UMass, when it was founded in the late '60s, signed a memo agreeing to discuss any exterior aesthetic changes of the public grounds with...
...will. Because next week, Clark plans to rule whether or not to toss out a very big stack of absentee ballots from Seminole County after Republican operatives filled out missing information on absentee ballot applications. Local Democratic activists charge that the extra help - mostly with voter ID numbers left off the form - constitutes improper conduct and discrimination against Democratic applicants, whose similarly incomplete forms were presumably rejected...
...Palestinian snipers firing on the adjacent Israeli neighborhood of Gilo. Municipal authorities cited the death of seven Palestinian youths from the town over the past two months as their reason for refraining from celebration - Palestinian leaders fear that Christmas celebrations in the midst of the intifada may anger the local Muslim community...
...Palestinian Authority would like you to see it. The city fathers of Bethlehem, an Arab town (35 percent Christian, 65 percent Muslim) which falls under PA jurisdiction, have decided that Christ's birth will not be celebrated in his birthplace this year - at least not officially. Although the local economy is heavily dependent of tourists drawn every Christmas season to the Church of the Nativity on Manger Square, the local authorities have canceled the outdoor concerts of previous holiday seasons and have announced that the town's festive lights will not be turned...