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...Robert Winters, a political observer and editor of the Cambridge Civic Journal, said that he was confident that most Massachusetts voters would agree with the proposal...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Local Vote Set On Iraq Pullout | 10/31/2006 | See Source »

...household light bulbs with compact fluorescents and lost 8,500 pounds. Instead of using the clothes dryer, she hangs her wash outside and uses cold water in the washing machine. That shed another 2,500 pounds. She drives slower - ever accelerating past 55 miles per hour in her Honda Civic. Another 2,500 pounds lost, plus a boost in her mileage up to 39 miles per gallon. Finally, the family devised a new commute plan that enabled her husband and her daughter to ride their bikes to work and school. They also bought an electric bike and that shaved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Low Carbon Diet | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...Civic leaders like Alcantar hope that the Federal forces can tamp down the violence and restore peaceful dialogue. "We have to get our institutions working together again for real economic development and real jobs," Alcantar conceded, reflecting on the root causes of the conflict. As Calderon gets set to take office December 1, that's the challenge not only for Oaxaca, but for all of Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico's Fox Gambles on a Crackdown | 10/28/2006 | See Source »

Harvard can’t bear the collective responsibility for the civic failure of Massachusetts’ students, but it’s obvious some of my peers here don’t exude any enthusiasm for service. While a devoted student contingent serves close to 10,000 clients in the Cambridge area through the Phillips Brooks House Association, most are less generous with their time. Some revel in privileged positions of “high society,” and just the thought of feeding an old woman at a nursery home or picking up garbage at a park...

Author: By Yifei Chen | Title: Volunteering? What’s That? | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

Religious, civic duties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How We Spend Our Leisure Time | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

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