Word: civics
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...Glory has become so ubiquitous and frequently so bewildering in its political, cultural, commercial, civic and patriotic implications that millions of American moderates are left simply regretting the loss of its earlier innocence. Some have decided, rather sadly, not to fly the flag these days lest it be misinterpreted. In this sense, there is a new group of silent Americans?the ones who feel that their flag has been expropriated by the right or by commercialism, but also feel no impulse to turn it into a shirt...
Apart from the physical danger they present, the snakes have caused a sense of civic humiliation. Like most suburban communities, Pinole hopes to grow, and Mayor Donald E. Tormey fears that the snakes are driving away new residents. No one speaks for the snakes, who owned Pinole in the first place, and may simply be having their vengeance upon the bulldozer...
...young concede that "they have a point, they have some valid criticisms." The Methodist minister in the group speaks up for the young, for their idealism, for the need to hear them. So does the Republican state representative. Yet tolerance of radical youth is distinctly a minority position. One civic leader observes: "Well, maybe we do need something of the police state; maybe we do need a little repression." The young radicals, in the words of a woman member of the school board, "are traitors and they should be treated as traitors...
...real need is for a "wholly new approach," says the Northern Environmental Council, which comprises 21 conservation and civic groups in the upper Midwest. The council recommends an ad campaign urging citizens to reduce power demands by turning off unnecessary lights. It also wants to link the Midwest's power resources with those of the Missouri Valley and the Pacific Northwest. Thus power could be shunted back and forth to meet peak load requirements in the three regions-each of which lies in a different time zone. Finally, the council suggests revising the formulas for determining the price...
...Most members of the Class of '20 are retired and spend some time working on a few civic or Harvard committees. For the most part, however, their lives are one long vacation. Herman Wiener said, "I just fish, hunt, and enjoy life and I plan to continue doing so as long as I live...