Word: civil
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Sarkis, trained in civil engineering at Northeastern University, was occupied by other matters for the next two years, but kept his business plan in the back of his head. In 1990, he made an offer to the owner of a coffee shop called Biscotti, which occupied the building at the time. This time he met with success...
...program that allows welfare recipients to be given assistance from faith-based organizations. On Capitol Hill the concept has been championed by Republican John Kasich, another presidential contender. And former Senator Bill Bradley, Gore's only Democratic rival, has said that religious organizations are crucial to building a "civil society...
...Civil liberties groups have raised predictable warnings about introducing religion into government services. But the more interesting criticism comes from some religious organizations themselves, which are worried that they will lose their sense of mission once they have to compete for federal dollars and abide by federal regulations. A Gore supporter put it to him bluntly last week in a letter. "I know you. I like you. You mean well. But this time, as we say in Tennessee and Texas, you've ripped your britches," wrote James Dunn of the Baptist Joint Committee, whose group favors a clear separation between...
Nelson Mandela?s miracle is complete. South Africans voted Wednesday without fuss or violence in their second free election, confirming their retiring president?s profound achievement of entrenching democracy in a country once wracked by brutal racism and civil war. At the same time, the fact that Mandela?s African National Congress (ANC) is expected to win a landslide victory is a sign of remarkable voter patience with a party that has not yet managed to deliver on its promise to provide jobs and homes for the impoverished majority. Rather than trying to unseat the ANC, opposition parties have...
...difficult now to imagine how inspiring his judicial opinions were, how they supported and encouraged those of us on the front lines of the emerging civil rights movement...