Word: civic
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...People moving in are very work-oriented, job-oriented, career-oriented," says Geneva P. Malefant, the vice president of the Cambridge Civic Association. "People think it's just one more thing that they have to spend time on when they don't have any more time...
Despite a lackluster political climate, city leaders say they are hoping for a civic renewal...
...really trying to reach out and engage residents in the civic life of the city," Councillor Kathleen Born says...
Monica Lewinsky, like me and hundreds of other White House interns, worked for months without pay in a program providing civic-minded students a chance to serve in government at its highest level. Working as a White House intern is not only an excellent way to become politically involved, but also an invaluable experience that future employers and admissions committees look favorably upon...
...Cathedral. But what's really unusual about Christmas in the Big Easy is the bonfires that light the way for Pere Noel. Hundreds of towering fires burn on the levees so the jolly gent, who travels by boat, can find his way along the Mississippi. Just as parish and civic groups compete in the Mardi Gras parade, at Christmas they create fantastic forms--including replicas of boats and plantation homes--out of logs stuffed with dry cane. The bonfires burn between the early-evening Christmas Eve church service and midnight Mass. Many watch the exploding cane from a paddle wheeler...