Word: civic
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Following the debate, the council referred the item to the Civic Unity Committee for further discussion...
Without notice, without segue, Heaney then swerved rather powerfully towards a justification of poetry. Having grown and matured against the background of shootings, bombings and strikes in northern Ireland, Heaney is no stranger to political conflict and the demands of civic responsibility. Heaney admits that in the face of such peril, poetry seems like “arbitrary, pleasure-seeking shape-making.” And it is. What seemed to baffle the audience was that this doesn’t trouble...
...Saddam Hussein must disarm himself—or, for the sake of peace, we will lead a coalition to disarm him,” Bush said in his nationally-televised speech to civic leaders in Cincinnati...
...former Congressman who led the 1998 coup attempt against House Speaker Newt Gingrich, has brushed off barbs likening him to his G.O.P. predecessors but has had a harder time deflecting attention from his wallet. He has received about $150,000 so far this year to lobby Congress for Phoenix civic projects (like the city's proposed light-rail system) that could deprive other Arizona cities of federal funds. "Are you running for Governor, or are you doing business?" asks Cecelia Martinez, director of the state's Clean Elections Institute...
Studies indicate that while Americans became more trusting of the government after Sept. 11, that did not necessarily translate into more civic-minded action, he said...