Word: civic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great trick for a South American dictatorship, ruled by decree; but in democratic Chile the reform is going ahead by vote of Congress, which is convinced that austerity is what the people want. One politico, who at first opposed the change, admitted last week, "We underestimated the civic conscience of our people...
Wilkins, the tenth president of the Association, is currently a member of the Board of Overseers of the University. A graduate of the Law School, he has been active in the Massachusetts Bar Association and in Winchester civic affairs. He was appointed to the Supreme Judicial Court...
...murmur of the civic protest reached the columns of the Exponent or the Telegram. But in Fairmont, 25 miles away, the evening West Virginian ran full accounts and, as an experiment, sent 2,000 copies into Clarksburg the day after the Non-Partisan Association was formed. Said a West Virginian executive: "We sold out between 12:30 and 2 p.m. When the people of Clarksburg saw our papers on the street, they actually hugged the carrier boys." On the day of the mass meeting, Clarksburg businessmen bought 2,000 of the Fairmont papers, gave them away free. Since then...
...with recreational and cultural projects, management takes pains to avoid dominating local governments or creating a feeling of passive dependence on company paternalism. When Shell built a new $75 million refinery in little Anacortes, Wash, last year, employees were advised to ''be helpful but go slow" in civic activities. A company executive explained. "We were very careful not to lead residents to believe we were going to be the great white father." Said Editor Wallie Funk of the Anacortes American Bulletin: "Only a few of us suffered any Shell shock...
...dignity-crushing subservience that once bound mill hand to boss has almost disappeared from the U.S. company town. Industry is generally aware that output will be consistently higher in bright, well-run communities where employees are proud to live and work. Civic leaders, for their part, find that industry not only brings in new payrolls and tax revenue but good neighbors as well. Today's company town citizen owes responsibility to his community and his job. But the company holds no mortgage on his soul...