Word: civically
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...four Independents on the council--a loose coalition that usually opposes the policies of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) majority--complained that they did not have time to examine the compromise bill that was given to them moments before the meeting's scheduled start time. The interim freeze passed the council, 5-4, despite their objections...
...information is frighteningly easy to obtain. A guide published by the Quill Corp. of Lincolnshire offers public-domain prospecting tips for listmakers. Among other things, it suggests taking a look at marriage licenses, birth certificates, voter registrations, sporting and business licenses and the membership rolls of schools, churches and civic organizations. Quill advises that these lists can often be obtained through local government offices...
...forms of official racial preference, the one that helped make Harvey Gantt a wealthy man is the least defensible. In awarding valuable broadcast licenses, the Federal Communications Commission gives extra points for minority ownership and civic involvement. Gantt, then mayor of Charlotte, N.C., was part of a group that snared a franchise in 1985 and sold it almost immediately to a white media company. (In a crowning idiocy, the FCC -- having deliberated exquisitely, often for years, over the relative worthiness of contenders for a license -- places virtually no restrictions on how soon or to whom or for how much...
...opportunity like this is too good to pass up, and you can hardly blame a generation of black civic leaders for succumbing. New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Democratic national chairman Ron Brown are among many who have made or enhanced their fortunes by lending minority luster to broadcast deals. You almost suspect a Republican plot here, since the G.O.P. -- rhetorically the scourge of reverse-discrimination policies -- has never made an issue of this one. The Republican-dominated FCC and Supreme Court have both endorsed...
...Muslims, of special rights such as funding for religious schools and a separate civil code has also tapped a powerful vein of resentment among anxious middle-class Hindus, who feel their interests are being ignored by New Delhi. Indians have taken as well to the party's emphasis on civic virtue and piety. But some leaders are worried that in a polyglot society like theirs, such self-righteous credos can too easily degenerate into cultural intolerance. At B.J.P. rallies, it is not unusual to hear the slogan "The only place for Muslims is the graveyard or Pakistan." Warns a Singh...