Word: citizen
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...consequences of such government paralysis are most apparent in California, where the 1978 Proposition 13 ballot initiative sparked the antitax revolt that swept the country. Now, with the state government hobbled by tax restrictions and unable to respond to public pressure, citizen initiatives have mushroomed. California had 29 propositions on its ballot last year on matters ranging from limits on auto insurance to new tobacco taxes. William Zimmerman, who helps organize such voter initiatives, admits that they are not the best way to handle complex issues. But, he says, "if the alternative is no action, I'll take the flawed...
...Citizen initiatives can be an example of democracy at work. But in this case they are symptomatic of governmental decay at all levels. Once a great engine of social and economic improvement, the Federal Government began to lose its bearings in the '60s and '70s in the midst of wars, both cold and hot, domestic upheavals and a worldwide economic revolution. As the nation's economic base began to contract, some basic elements of the American Dream -- homeownership, a college education -- began slowly to recede. The Government responded fitfully to these developments and eventually took on the form...
Kasparov, a Soviet citizen, is coming to Harvard to promote chess and other Soviet sports worldwide in conjunction with Glasnost, said Harvard Chess Club head Daniel H. Edelman...
Kasparov, a Soviet citizen, will be visiting Harvard for the first time. The visit will be his first visit to New England and his third to the United States. He has already visited New York and Washington...
...controversial pamphlet picturing a pitiful old woman, the AMA called Congressional efforts to set targets for Medicare spending "rationing." But every acknowledged senior citizen group in the country, legislators from both parties and President Bush say that the proposal is needed to keep health care affordable...