Word: localization
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...envision Europe as a union of states with common institutions to assure military and environmental security, along with cooperation in science and culture. Each state would retain its local and national character and have the right to protect its special interests without prejudice to others. Borders must remain inviolable, but they should also acquire a new quality of openness, permitting all kinds of cooperation and communication, as long as it is based on equity and mutual respect...
Samuel I. Newhouse, builder of America's biggest privately held media empire, operated by a few simple rules. First, he exerted no influence on the politics or ideology of his 31 newspapers and seven magazines. Second, he expected the papers' coverage and management outlook to remain resolutely local, so he never superimposed a high-powered team of overseers. Instead, he relied on his own bulging briefcase and the loyalty of his clan: several dozen relatives held jobs on the payroll. Third, Newhouse ardently avoided publicity and, above all, controversy. He kept so low a profile that he could walk unrecognized...
...revolutionary spirit are essential to maintain order. They favor reviving old- fashioned sloganeering and mass-action campaigns, like the recent one urging people to "Learn from Lei Feng," a mawkishly selfless soldier who was virtually canonized by Chairman Mao. If stronger medicine is needed to awaken top party and local leaders to the dangers of internal divisions, hard-liners are offering a one-hour video titled Eastern Europe in Turmoil. According to one viewer, the tape is designed "to make local Communist officials realize that if in a crisis they fail to hitch a line to the Communist boat, they...
...rebellion in the beautiful Vale of Kashmir, an 87-mile-long valley that is home to more than half the state's 7 million people -- 65% of them Muslim. There India faces a bloody insurgency and a runaway mass movement for secession that is joined even by local police and civil servants. New Delhi accuses Pakistan of arming and training the rebels. Islamabad denies the charge, but the Bhutto government openly gives its political support to the rebellion...
When Franklin-Lipsker, now 29, first made that stunning disclosure last November, it broke open a case that local authorities thought they would never solve. Her story was credible enough for police to arrest Franklin, 50, a retired fireman and real estate agent, for first-degree murder and hold him on $2 million bail. Since then, the Franklin family has split apart. One of Franklin-Lipsker's three sisters distrusts her. Her brother, George Jr., will take the stand against her in their father's defense. Eileen's mother, who divorced George Sr. in 1975, is said...