Word: civics
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...Government to near paralysis, TIME decided to explore the subject of leadership in depth. The result was a 38-page special section (July 15, 1974). Included was a portfolio of "200 Faces for the Future": young (45 or under) American leaders who, in the editors' view, had noteworthy civic or social impact on their communities, their institutions or the nation. When the special section appeared, Richard Nixon was still in the White House, Jimmy Carter was still in the statehouse in Atlanta and the corporate bribery scandals had not yet crested. The editors believed that, two years having passed...
...Even if we have national leadership, you have to have very strong local fiber. We have seen some good ideas at the national level, but when they are floated down to the local level, there is not that civic bond, that community, that administrative process that can translate them into reality...
...Nader, the issue is not lack of understanding but of power. In trying to redistribute power, said Nader, "I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." But most people "don't know the rudiments of civic inquiry, and if they don't have a process of learning where to get information, they will reflect the usual attributes of powerlessness: apathy, lethargy, disillusionment, negativism...
...another head-to-head encounter between the two camps last week, the Carter side scored a clear victory. At the Los Angeles Civic Center, snacking bystanders at an International Chili Society contest chose Rosalynn Carter's tangy recipe by a 4-to-1 margin over Betty Ford's. The Ford offering was rejected as too bland...
...spreading into decaying white neighborhoods, and unemployment is high among the city's Latinos and blacks. Yet Grand Rapids also boasts cultural accouterments that would be the envy of many a larger city: a fine symphony orchestra, directed by Spanish-born Theo Alcantara, a ballet troupe and a civic theater. Jerry and Betty Ford buy season tickets, but they are used by his half brothers, Jim, an optometrist, and Richard, who works as manager for the Ford Paint and Varnish Co., which the Ford family sold to Standard Detroit Paint...