Word: localitis
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...outside Bethlehem, where they fear he may make remarks affirming the right of refugees to return to their homes - which, in the case of Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, are in Israel. Even Christ's hometown of Nazareth will require some delicate diplomacy: The Israeli authorities have allowed local Muslims to begin building a mosque in the shadow of the Basilica of the Annunciation - the site where the Angel Gabriel is said to have appeared to Mary - over the objections of local Christians and the Vatican, and tensions may be inflamed by the fact that the local Muslim community...
With talk of combining two local elementary schools still brewing, Cambridge School Committee members discussed how to increase the number of minority teachers in the school system Saturday morning...
...roundtable discussion was held at the Howard Johnson's Hotel on Memorial Drive and was organized by a local citizens group, Cambridge Citizens Moving Forward. Topics ranged the educational gamut as the two dozen audience members and forum organizers posed questions of the committee...
Batty said that the club will try to take advantage of its increased size to help Republicans running for local offices, as well...
...light of this, the WRC's virtues are clear. Its advisory board has strong ties with local community groups and garment unions in countries where inspections take place. It also has connections with groups who already do independent monitoring in those regions. The WRC also has good inspection policies in that it will make unannounced visits to factories and will use its community connections to speak to workers outside of the factory environment. The list of violations it inspects for is also close to Harvard's own; the information it publishes will be useful to the administration...