Word: civics
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...city and the suburbs, such as the MBTA and the Metropolitan District Commission (which maintains many of Boston's parks and historic sites), that have helped keep downtown Boston the center of the region's economic, cultural and recreational activities. Public projects like the Big Dig also build civic pride, and carry the added bonus of temporary new jobs...
...serve the interests of the nation. The next president should have the ability to reverse the tide of the last few decades where the political agenda has been mainly concerned with adjudicating the roles of market and government without addressing the loss of community and the erosion of civic life. The presidential candidates would be wise to pay attention to these needs regardless of their party inclination. They should heed the call of well-meaning individuals like former U.S. senator Bill Bradley, who called for a politics that focused more on the institution of civil society. Neither the market...
Once again, I have failed to attend the World's Largest Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed. I am ashamed of myself. Where is my civic pride? After all, it is amazing enough that a town of a few thousand (in a state with a population of just over a million people) has the world's largest anything. But I lost my courage, my appetite and very nearly my status as a citizen of Eagle...
...snob, but my unfortunate loss of appetite for Rocky Mountain oysters threatened everything. I was forced to prove myself in other ways. I am happy to report that I have solidified my civic position. All it took was a little determination, friendliness, and a few white lies...
...Rocky Mountain oysters. All those who have disparaged the importance of farming to the American economy, thought Idaho was in the Midwest, or made fun of an Eagle resident for mispronouncing the name of a French wine are extended a special welcome to our old-fashioned civic celebration...