Word: civic
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...family. There is much to discuss," joked Lech in an interview with Time before the parliamentary vote), look set to dominate Polish politics for the next five years. The Kaczynskis' appeal is due in large part to their promises to maintain social programs threatened by their rivals in the Civic Platform party. Civic Platform advocated radical free-market reforms to slash the budget deficit and jump-start the economy, but voters shied away from these in favor of the Law and Justice Party's more socially oriented approach. Before the vote, the now President-elect told Time he opposed privatization...
...can’t get into his popular core course “Justice,” you can still listen to the Bass Professor of Government at Harvard Michael J. Sandel discuss his newest book, entitled “Public Philosophy: Episodes and Arguments in American Civic Life.” Harvard Book Store. 3 p.m. (DJH)Saturday, Oct. 29Apollo Night. The Harvard Black Students Association (BSA) presents a student-judged talent competition based on TV program “Showtime at the Apollo.” Performances promise to span the entertainment spectrum from song to dance...
...just quaint. It is therapeutic. And in an era in which team owners hold franchises for ransom, and city-states fight city-states for them, it is positively heartening to know the Packers will always be in Green Bay. How's this for a bylaw? If by some civic catastrophe the Packers - now valued at $165 million - must be sold, the proceeds go to Green Bay's Sullivan-Wallen American Legion Post...
...exactly why they are making music, or rather, they’ve discovered a new reason. Blackalicious is eyeing the Black Eyed Peas’ comfortable main-stream niche and doing their damndest to squeeze alongside. In fact, they’re even sharing a stage at a Honda Civic promotional event in San Francisco later this month. What’s more, MTV’s TRL hotline number is helpfully printed across the bottom of Blackalicious’ website; it kindly suggests “Request Now!” The group has yet to break into...
...their tickets to the lotteried event, they were greeted by images of former George covers. Photographs of George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and a belly button bearing Cindy Crawford flashed across the big screen, which soon broadcast Clinton speaking live from Chappaqua, N.Y. “[George] blurred the political, civic, and personal” and altered the U.S. political landscape, Clinton said to the packed audience. But the panelists debated the effects of these changes. Chairman of Fox News and Fox Television Stations Roger Ailes said he did not consider the changes to be completely positive. He quoted Bruce Springsteen...