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...first-year candidates for the council are as generic as supermarket-brand cereal. Every first-year campaign poster is printed on the same copy-store flourescent orange paper; each reveals little or no information about the candidate. Therefore, I decided to perform my civic duty the hard way, investigating some of the declared candidates for the benefit of the electorate...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: Defending Hurlbut | 10/5/1994 | See Source »

...Cambridge Civic Association, the city's liberal political group, has charged Healy with ethical impropriety...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Harvard Officials Endorse City Manager | 10/4/1994 | See Source »

Public response to the proposed extension has been mixed. The city's civic associations have begun to draw battle lines, with public statements for and against the city manager...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Harvard Officials Endorse City Manager | 10/4/1994 | See Source »

...young men who serve in the Army's 10th Mountain Division, the brutality offered a firsthand glimpse of the raw intimidation that passes for civic order in this country. "We were taught to defend these people," said Private First Class Doug Johler. "Now, to see what's going on and not be able to do anything, it tears you up inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Taking Charge on the Ground | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

...fuel-efficiency comeback of American auto makers -- they won the top spot in the last five years -- has been lost to the Japanese. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Top 10 list of gas-savers, released today, the Honda Civic HB/VX offers the best deal on a gallon-of-gas-or-less commute with 47 m.p.g. city and a whopping 56 m.p.g. highway. The good ol' U.S.A., represented by General Motors' two Geo Metro models and Ford's Aspire, took the only three non-Japanese spots. BTW: Owners of the bottom 10 can afford the gas guzzling. Eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MILEAGE MISER TOP 10 | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

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