Word: civic
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...many years now, colleges have contented themselves with cleansing their curricula of politically incorrect presumptions and prejudices—so-called Great Books programs and American civic education, to offer two examples—meanwhile creating preserves, regardless of academic rigor, for the trendy and ideological disciplines like the study of women, gender, and sexuality...
...mothers raised concerns about her child who had Down Syndrome," TDFPS spokesman Greg Cunningham told TIME in an e-mail. "That child has had a medical evaluation and has had one-on-one care." Cunningham says that the children in custody at the Pavilion, part of the city's civic center complex, have one caregiver for every three children. A small number of older boys have been moved to the Cal Farley Boy's Ranch in Amarillo, a privately funded home for needy children...
...single large pascal candle, used at Easter and funerals to represent new life and resurrection, stood above a small reflecting pool and a symbolic plot of earth. We soon realized that there would be only the participants of the ceremony - 24 victims, survivors and first responders, a few local civic and church dignitaries - and our press pool, and so unlike some of these papal media appointments, we would be just a few yards away with a direct view...
Brown's low-key style of advocacy on such issues, however, has done him little good at home. He is battling splits within his party and is braced for an electoral mauling in civic and mayoral elections on May 1. A poll for the Sunday Times newspaper, published on April 13, put support for the Conservative opposition at 44% to Labour's 28% and showed that Brown's personal ratings have plummeted...
...schools and backgrounds together in pursuit of a common goal: CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) reform. This was remarkable, not just in regards to the technology that enabled its success, but moreover, in the engagement of the rally’s participants. In an age stereotyped by its decreasing civic engagement, it is indeed refreshing to see students rallying behind a cause that, while irrelevant to their daily campus lives, has an enormous impact on their society as a whole. The passion of these students sheds light on the American dilemmas of incarceration, recidivism, and reintegration of former prisoners. CORI...