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In many borderland villages, social boundaries between locals and exchangees persisted, together with negative views about the other group.
Schrijvers stresses the ' limits of communication ' : language barriers prevented rounded contacts with the locals.
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The coins in question here were those currently in circulation in the region and used in sales transactions by locals.
Anxious to meet bakufu demands, however, domain leaders began to send officials to coastal villages to pressure locals into increasing production.
The locals were content with the small number of visitors, and the state largely left them alone.
The two sets of goals - protection of the locals' interests and safeguarding the environment - are not unrelated, but they are not completely coincident.
They undoubtedly contributed to the city's growing prosperity which also reduced tensions between migrants and locals.
The benefits to locals flow primarily to middle-wealth households.
In some cases, however, explorers and locals seem to have achieved a degree of mutual understanding.
Both outsiders and locals became aware of these sites of memory through a series of intambi rites surrounding burial and visitation of the graveyard.
Expectations that the violence would endure, both among locals and the security officials, persisted well into 1980.
In both study sites locals complained about the severe and unusual drought, which caused difficulties for crop production and livestock grazing.
The result was a surge in sectarian violence as overlooked locals exacted revenge on their favoured adversaries.
However, his is the displaced local's typical love-hate relationship with home.
A consensus grew within the city, as locals rallied to protest the return of the fugitive family.

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當地的,本地的, 局部的,部分的, 人…
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local/-ale, local, du quartier…
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مَحَلّي, مَحلّي…
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místní…
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lokal, stedlig…
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lokal…
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ประจำท้องถิ่น…
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địa phương…
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miejscowy…
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tempatan…
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Orts-……
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lokal, lokal-, på stedet…
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현지의, 현지…
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local, de bairro, morador…
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当地的,本地的, 局部的,部分的, 人…
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locale, residente, persona del luogo…
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