Word: civics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...keep going. Carter, a Baptist deacon who has sworn off even his occasional Scotch-and-soda during the campaign, smiled and said no. By 9:15, he had met with a group of would-be New York delegates in the Genesee Room of the Americana Hotel, talked with local civic leaders in the Corinthian Room, addressed a $10-a-plate breakfast in the main ballroom (he netted $500) and convened a press conference...
...Government and Community Affairs Office has joined with the Allston Civic Association in sponsoring housing development plans for land previously proposed as a site for the John F. Kennedy museum, an administration spokesman said yesterday...
Joseph Smith, president of the Allston Civic Association, said yesterday local residents suggested that a new plan be drawn up last November, after the proposal to build the Kennedy Museum in the area was rejected...
...side to the Democratic standardbearer. He was, in fact, a practical politician who played the game as skillfully as the next man. His fastidious grumbling about the demands of politics was something of a pose. Martin suggests that the candidate deliberately contrived a diffident persona to appeal to the civic-minded, rather snobbish liberals who came to adore...
Hannon, who looks like a trim Baretta with silvery sideburns, has hoofed both the floors of sardine-can high school gyms and gleaming, 12,000-seat civic centers in his 19 years of officiating. He works as the manager of Rand McNally's shipping and receiving warehouse and lives in Cambridge...