Word: civics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...topic. They urge deregulation, conservation, the development of alternative sources. One group calls for free mass transit on Election Day to reduce voter apathy (another of the kids' most frequently mentioned concerns). Others propose curbs on Government spending, mandatory youth service (in the military, Peace Corps or domestic civic programs), and research on the growth of bureaucracy. Groans Chris Falter of Columbia, S.C.: "All we need is another study of bureaucracy...
...that Henry Bloch, 56, the chief executive and prime-time TV pitchman, looks like a small-town tooth driller. He is a direct, plain-spoken Midwesterner in a brown suit and brown shoes, the type of fellow for whom the word unpretentious was invented. For his prodigious charities and civic good works, fellow citizens named him Mr. Kansas City, but he hides most of his trophies and awards in a small, dark closet...
...South Africa in large part because of the opportunity to earn a rate of return far in excess of that available in their home countries. These extra profits are in turn made possible by the existence of a large, non-union, underpayed non-white labor force deprived of elemental civic, political and legal rights and protections...
...Senator Paul Tsongas (D-Mass.) told members of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) Friday night that the cities of Massachusetts can rebound from several decades of decay, but warned the federal government would likely give little help...
...Town, Guns on the Roof, Drug-Stabbing Time. In the U.S., air play is scarce. Easy enough to figure that stations programmed for the lulling sounds of California rock or the dull throb of disco might not take to a Clash tune like Tommy Gun. There is even some civic concern about violence at the concerts, to which Strummer replies, "There's as much violence at our concerts as any bar" -or, he might have added, at your run-of-the-mill Aerosmith concert. Even with this uncertainty and resistance, the new album has sold upwards...