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...least, is the conclusion of a new study that highlights many vets' hunger to serve in their communities and their frustration that their talents aren't being tapped. "We now know that veterans who serve" their communities after shedding their uniforms "have better transitions," says John Bridgeland, chief of Civic Enterprises, the public-policy group that conducted the landmark survey, which was funded by Target and the Case Foundation. (Watch a slide show of the faces...
...world leaders have celebrities they admire; from Sarkozy with Johnny Hallyday, to Obama with Willie Mays and Mandela with his Springbok rugby stars, they have dined and congratulated their heroes, often with a civic purpose attached—but not always—in a fashion expected of leaders of nations and leaders of culture. Chavez, however, takes this to levels of absurdity that Sarkozy could not match even with his marriage to Italian pop icon Carla Bruni. Chavez meets with specifically outspoken supporters of himself. With Chavez, the situation is not the mutual respect of respected, recognized individual?...
...Only the top 3 to 6 of these [preliminary winners] have a lock on the election,” wrote local political aficionado Robert Winters on his Web site, the Cambridge Civic Journal...
...lecture by a corporate structure specialist at Harvard Law School yesterday featured free burritos and some unconventional thought on the civic responsibilities of corporations...
...palm trees, sleek benches designed in Valencia, Spain, and an artificial river lit neon blue. Working through the night, workers built the place in three months. Construction unions, Saakashvili joked, would come to Georgia only "when everything is already built." One of the renovated plazas will host a giant civic New Year's Eve concert featuring Julio Iglesias, whom Saakashvili decided to hire for just over $1 million. While going over blueprints with his Spanish architects, Saakashvili told me he likes buildings that are "original, crazy and brave." He said Batumi could be "the next Dubai." He then produced...