Word: civic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...atmosphere was festive, the crowd somewhat sparse at times, but the cotton candy was copious, and the speakers, energetic. They exhorted Harvard students to vote and to participate in civic life...
...bombing campaign still in power, U.S. officials were left scratching their heads, wondering what it would take to get rid of the guy. So they reached for their checkbooks. Over the past year, the U.S. has spent about $40 million to support Yugoslavia's independent media, trade unions and civic groups and to boost the U.S.-friendly President Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro via the U.S. Agency for International Development and other agencies. That money, the Administration says, helped build the opposition that was key to bringing Milosevic down...
Consider it as a civic responsibility. Wherever you spend time at Harvard--from Undergraduate Council meetings to sports teams, church groups to meetings of your House committee--set aside some time to make recommendations on what a Harvard president could do to make your Harvard experience a richer and more meaningful one. Maybe it is better funding for a project, or removing red tape on something you feel is important. Maybe it is just the idea that a Harvard President would come your lacrosse game or your Project HEALTH program. Think concretely about what the top official of the University...
...haven't registered already, take this opportunity to exercise your civic muscles and do so. And if you have registered, take this opportunity to enjoy a rare sunny Sunday before winter sets in. It would be a shame not to see what the HYPE is about...
...know, Cheney and Lieberman looked and sounded about as exciting as a school board meeting - low-keyed and matter-of-fact. That is what was attractive about the encounter: It seemed like the best of the American system - civic-minded, without the idiocies of ego and hype that have contaminated the battle of the inadequate sons...