Word: civics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are, of course the legends of Harvard Rugby, most recently, Ed Waterhouse, who knew all the Harvard policemen by their first names "and it wasn't because of his civic activities," Jennings said...
...arrest was "a setup," said the Rev. R.B. Cotton-reader, a leader of the S.C.L.C. "Decatur was being pressed for an arrest and conviction for those rapes." Then came the Ku Klux Klan, which set up its own tents. On Aug. 14 it burned a cross before the civic center...
...than-expected growth. Flower Mound has attracted only 420 residents in six years, out of a projected eventual population of 61,141. Gananda was a ghost town until a developer took over last year. Besides that, a number of the ventures were built by energy firms, shopping center developers, civic groups and others with no new town experience...
...Lynds (he died in 1970, she is retired) found a work-oriented town where "getting on" was important, as were self-reliance, civic pride, patriotism and Christian fervor. So did the Middletown III researchers of today. Caplow and Teammate Howard Bahr of Brigham Young University asked Muncie high school students of 1977 the same public opinion questions the Lynds asked 1924 students, and got much the same answers. Last year 50% of the students agreed that "the Bible is a sufficient guide to all problems of modern life," 78% said the U.S. is "unquestionably the best country in the world...
...regard for others, of individual choices leading to common concerns, because I sense in our country a growing mood of withdrawal and isolationism, a retreat from obligations stated and unstated, a desire to redefine everything in terms that only serve the self, rather than defining the self with a civic sense for others." A strong believer in academic programs with a diverse course selection and stringent requirements, Giamatti finds himself primarily concerned with the quality of education students at Yale are receiving. As president of the university, he would like to insure the endurance of the teaching profession...