Word: civic
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...claimed that “secular civic values are in greater danger than they are at any other point” in the country’s history, endangered by the views of the religious right and the policies of the Bush Administration...
...university cannot move forward without that [civic] engagement,” Summers said...
Pope, formerly the co-chair of the National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement committee at the IOP, also said that the extensive identification requirements for “marooned” voters—which are the law in five states—are unnecessary in light of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), a piece of federal legislation that passed...
...commitment is also belied by the steps it has taken over the past two years to repress Iraqi dissent, from ordering troops to open fire on peaceful demonstrators to blocking the publication of certain newspapers to shutting down the offices of Iraq’s trade unions and other civic groups. We have simply failed to pave the path towards a free society. Instead, we have followed the road to Abu Ghraib...
...McKelvie was a splendid executive as Governor of the State of Nebraska, publisher of an influential Farm paper and has been a most successful business man. His varied interests in civic and state activities have always been felt in the right direction. He is held in the highest respect by every citizen in Nebraska...