Word: feeling
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...nature of modern political discourse. “We’re in an even more partisan, poisonous environment than we ever have been,” said Jones, who pointed to the health-care debate as a particularly striking current example. “With these fellows, we feel like we’re right on the tip of the arrow.” Geer, whose research will focus on how news media coverage actually augments negative campaign advertising, said he was excited to interact with members of the Harvard community and to immerse himself in Cambridge life...
...things that our poll showed also, and also the National Conference on Citizenship poll about service showed this, too, is that people feel like their neighbors are actually less involved in the community than they used to be; that people are hunkering down, as you say, they're looking out for their own. How do you make the argument in that kind of environment to people who are saying, like, hey, I've lost my job and you're telling me to volunteer? How does that work? Does it make it a lot more difficult? Mrs. Obama: As the President...
...think people sometimes have to be reminded of that in times where they feel like, as the President said, things are tough at home. But there are things to do at home that could make your home life better, and a lot of that involves engagement in your own community through volunteerism. And hopefully that continues when the economy turns around, that that doesn't - that's not just something that you do when you're out of work, but it becomes a part of your own culture, engaging in the lives of your kids, participating in Little League games...
...institutions - government, business, non-for-profit sector - then I think that's a pretty good recipe for the continued success of the American experiment. And when people see a lack of responsibility - it's part of the reason why people are furious about the bank bailouts - then they feel betrayed, particularly when they're acting responsibly in their own lives...
...high school and college, or sometime during high school that would either be civilian service or military service in exchange for an educational grant or scholarship. Now, they didn't want government to make it mandatory; they wanted it to be voluntary. But I'm wondering, how do you feel about that? How do you both feel about that? And is there anything that the federal government can do - The President: Well, there are elements of that in our national service bill. Our national service bill provides additional opportunities for AmeriCorps, which Michelle can talk about; additional opportunities...