Word: civic
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...unethical? Ellison begged to differ. His investigators had uncovered evidence that Microsoft was secretly funding "front groups" in order to manipulate public opinion in its favor, he contended. Probing those activities was, Ellison insisted, a "civic duty." He has taken to calling Gates a "convicted monopolist...
Think it's bizarre that a person responsible for the civic welfare of 59,000 residents should so slavishly follow an ancient foreign tradition? Lansdell, 51, says he dares not do otherwise. The city faced a $4.7 million budget deficit back in 1998 when Lansdell, then acting manager, agreed in desperation to try a feng shui (pronounced fung shway) practitioner. It could be coincidence, but within three weeks of her visit, Lansdell was promoted to full-time manager of Gardena, whose economy then got a boost when Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt bought a bankrupt casino there. This month Lansdell...
Paul Berkeley, president of the Allston Civic Association (ACA), said that Harvard has been much more open about its current purchase plans...
Officers throughout the ranks offered several explanations why a park crammed with 950 cops could turn into a civic version of Tailhook. Police Commissioner Howard Safir blamed a tactical snafu: "In the past there haven't been large crowds in the park after this event. We should have redeployed resources." As for not leaving their posts, Anthony Miranda, president of the Latino Officers' Association, says, "The department, unfortunately, does intimidate officers to the point that they follow the last order they're given. God forbid that you should have an original creative thought to solve situations...
...reasons are not so much civic as dramatic - that is, selfish. Nader and Buchanan would make the debates interesting. Otherwise, they will be excruciating...