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First the Raiders leave, and now this. The battered civic pride of Los Angeles took yet another hit Tuesday when the American Highway Users Alliance released its list of the 18 worst traffic bottlenecks in the country. The most horrifying place to be stuck during rush hour? The infamous intersection of Interstate 405 and I-10 in Los Angeles, followed by hot spots in Houston, Seattle, Boston and the Washington/Maryland beltway...
...This is the first time that a major civic institution has taken part of their financial assets to support community development," BCC's Jones said. "Other universities and institutions in Cambridge and across the country will look at this as a model...
Meinert, who was a member of the GWU class of 2000, became active in several civic organizations there. In 1997, he ran for the school's student government...
...survey. The Postal Service is not about to charge 5[cents] for every e-mail. Deodorants do not cause breast cancer. M&M's will not give you free candy, nor will the Gap send you a free pair of jeans, nor will Honda drive a brand-new Civic to your front door if you pass on "their" messages...
...Professor of International Peace, Putnam has served as the chair of the Government Department, the director of the Center for International Affairs, and dean of the Kennedy School. Known to undergraduates as the professor of Junior Government Tutorial 90qa, "Community in America," Putnam studies social capital in relation to civic engagement. In his 1995 article and upcoming book, Bowling Alone: Civic Disengagement in America and What to Do About It, Putnam employs bowling as a metaphor for a larger phenomenon in America. He charts the movement from group-oriented civic engagement, as manifested in bowling leagues, to isolating, individual activities...