Sentence examples for civic problems from inspiring English sources

Bear in mind, however, that the breakaway communities in California have deepened the civic problems they hoped to flee.

Their goals were less arrogant: to increase cultural access for Montrealers, and to include culture as part of the solution to any civic problems.

Yet, unlike the previous century, when the city had looked on impassively at civic problems, there was now an almost evangelical faith in human progress.

Nineteen years later he accepted a challenge the provincial governor issued to Karachi's elite: do something about civic problems instead of complaining about them.

They create innocuous non-profit organisations like Code for America which then co-opt the state – under the guise of encouraging talented hackers to tackle civic problems.

It has nothing to do with solving civic problems and has as much right to be a part of democratic life as a ducking pool in a courtroom.

As the anti-lawnists correctly observe, the American lawn now represents a serious civic problem.

Its president, Matt Glavin, does not see the lack of participation as a civic problem.

It contains solutions to any civic problem faced by modern Americans, including those brought about by the tangled health care system.

For every other civic problem, Mr. Bush offers cheery bromides like "leadership" and "vision" and a laissez-faire, let-the-other-guy-do-it solution.

"Supercapitalism" (Knopf, $25 , his 11th book, seeks to explain why this supercharged economic system is a civic problem, and what can be done about it.