Word: civic
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...Files, now in its eighth season, the drift had arguably already set in. It was among the most relevant dramas of the 1990s, a sleek buddy-cop variation whose conspiracy motif captured a mood of civic mistrust that ranged from Perotistas to militias. But last year the investigation by Duchovny's Fox Mulder and his partner Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) into a government-and-alien cabal went from teasingly ambiguous to meandering, and the stars seemed restless. "I was done. I wanted to move on," says Anderson, who says this season's changes have energized her. "Everybody...
...matters of public policy have no connection to their life. So they focus on nonsense. They tilt toward Bush in the debates out of some adolescent response to powerlessness and ineptitude. They tilt away from Gore because he appears to know that he's intellectually superior to and more civic-minded than his opponent...
...think Harvard students take their civic responsibility seriously, and we are taking this seriously," he adds...
...journeyed to Washington, however, over the course of the Clinton Presidency to advise White House officials. And indeed, over the past weeks he has met with senior domestic policy advisors of both Bush and Gore to discuss civic engagement and public policy...
...care deeply about civic renewal in this country, and since that is not a purely partisan issue, I'm glad to speak with leaders of either party," writes Putnam in an e-mail message. "On the other hand, I have no intention of leaving Harvard for any full-time position. I can't imagine a better job than the one I have...