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Duehay's victory came only after fellow Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) member, Katherine Triantafillou, secured--and then lost--the five of nine votes needed to become the city's top executive...

Author: By Neeraj K. Gupta, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Duehay Elected Mayor in Bizarre Vote | 1/28/1998 | See Source »

...annual Jefferson lecture, established by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in 1972, honors the intellectual and civic virtues as exemplified by Thomas Jefferson...

Author: By Sonali Bose, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bailyn to Give Lecture | 1/23/1998 | See Source »

...will participate in the Institute on Arts and Civic Dialogue sponsored by the American Repertory Theatre and the DeBois Institute this coming July. The goal of the Institute is to demonstrate the power of art to educate and effect change...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Darst, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anna Deveare Smith Educates, Amuses Cambridge Crowd | 1/21/1998 | See Source »

...part of the original's appeal. German automaker Volkswagen was careful to add an array of modern amenities such as an adjustable steering column, a six-speaker stereo system, an air filter for the cabin, and air bags front and side. Still, such similarly equipped subcompacts as the Honda Civic, GM Saturn, Ford Escort, Chevrolet Prism and Toyota Corolla are all cheaper and better-established models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VW's New Bug: Cute But... | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

...talk about democracy's discontents, the end of civic virtue, and the dissolution of the American family unit, chastity has largely been left out of the mainstream solutions which have been suggested for ending our national civic malaise. To the extent that pre-marital sexual promiscuity is correlated with high teen-age pregnancy and divorce rates, a greater emphasis upon the merits of chastity may help to alleviate some of the most pressing social ills resulting from our national loss of innocence...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: It Goeth The Way of Chivalry | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

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