Word: civics
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...built since Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery, Brown in recent months found himself backed into an impossible situation with the trustees who had bankrolled his dream. "We would have preferred to see Ric go on the friendliest of terms," said one trustee, "probably with a big civic dinner and all flags flying." But Brown, who still rankled at his short tenure, could not resist a farewell blast: "Individual board members have forced decisions and taken unilateral action not consistent with good museum administration." Not so, replied Ed Carter, president of the board of trustees and head of California...
Until he was a high-school senior, McGovern never dreamed of attending Harvard. But by going to the University and then accepting the endorsement of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) he inherited much of the historical anti-University sentiment in the City, and it was an important factor in the way he ran his campaign...
...reform would have to be approved by the Lander, then gain a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag. Erhard is the first to admit that his ambitious proposals cannot-and should not-be imposed on the nation by fiat. Instead, he contemplates the use of simple public exhortation to civic responsibility-the Seelenmassage (soul massage) that he has used for years to win over West Germans to his programs for social betterment through economic reforms...
...more than the capability for achievement, it does not exist on its own. If Mayor Lindsay can employ his power to run the city as a modern-minded chief executive and not merely as its complaint bureau and top politician, he may well stir pride and kindle civic interest among New Yorkers. If he succeeds, he will not only restore the glory that was New York but immensely enhance its national political standing...
Cambridge voters have preserved the long-standing 5-4 split between independent City Councillors and those endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association...