Word: civic
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...said he thinks that there will be more protests and increased civic participation in his country in the future but that there is much work to be done before there is effective multi-party democracy...
...initial understanding was that they wanted to move this maintenance facility out of a building in Cambridge so they could make room for an academic facility,” says Allston Civic Association President Paul Berkeley. “That wasn’t something we wanted to see happen—pursuing an academic agenda in Cambridge while trying to put lower end service uses in Allston...
...Official Government Business,” the envelope read, in white block letters on a blue field. And under that: “Jury Duty: Your Civic Obligation...
Upon opening the envelope, I discovered that the Massachusetts Office of Jury Commissioner desperately needed to replace whoever was currently in charge of public relations. In addition to the stern “Jury duty: Your civic obligation,” jury duty has at least two other uninspiring mottos, curiously at odds with each other: for altruists, “Jury Duty: You Make the Difference,” and, for the self-interested, “Jury Service...It’s For You.” I also learned that I had been assigned to jury duty...
While I resented the inconvenience of a bus ride home in the middle of midterms, and was appalled by the 8:30 a.m. check-in time at the district courthouse, I secretly looked forward to fulfilling my civic obligation. My enthusiasm was fueled by a pamphlet, the “Trial Juror’s Handbook,” that explained the importance of jury service. “As a juror, you will have to make difficult judgements [sic] involving all of the human passions—love, hate, greed, anger, etc.,” the Handbook promised...