• Darren Beecroft, 38, from Aberystwyth, said having a shop serving the public was better than empty premises.

    BBC: Charity shops: One third could close if rates help cut

  • San Francisco remains the only place on the planet with a true, manually operated cable-car system serving the public.

    NPR: San Francisco Cable Car Accidents Costs Millions

  • The people in charge of a prison ought to be completely devoted to serving the public and the rule of law.

    FORBES: Jane Jacobs and the Problem of Monstrous Hybrids

  • MPs were debating a Labour motion on 11 January 2012 which stated that the energy market "is not serving the public interest".

    BBC: Democracy Live site links

  • Speaking after the inquest, Det Con Cashman's parents Geoff and Lorraine Cashman, said she died serving the public, doing what she loved.

    BBC: Chase death policewoman Adele Cashman had heart problem

  • Its internal culture had been developed and finely tuned to reflect the sense of joy the original owners had in serving the public.

    FORBES: A Word of Warning

  • One would be hard put to find any other nongovernment industry serving the public that has been as insensitive, as unimaginative in catering to its customers.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1981, he has spent almost all his career serving the public in low-paying jobs as a legislator and lawyer.

    FORBES: Seed money

  • And I want to thank the people of New York for giving the best public servant in my family a chance to continue serving the public.

    CNN: Clinton: Time again to choose a more perfect union

  • Obama closed by noting the nation's recent tragedies in Massachusetts and Texas, praising Americans of all stripes from first responders to local journalists for serving the public good.

    NPR: Obama Jokes About Radical 2nd Term Changes

  • Berke thinks the dispute will be settled sooner rather than later, especially since politicians love to get involved and exert pressure on such issues, all in the name of serving the public.

    FORBES: Cablevision and Fox Showcase Future Trend

  • Mr. Leveson recommended that Parliament pass legislation that would officially recognize the new regulatory body and identify a set of requirements it must meet to be considered successful in serving the public.

    WSJ: Leveson Report Urges 'Self-Regulation' of U.K. Press

  • Yet reading the evidence published by his team yesterday provided a deeper, and even more worrying, understanding of the extent to which the BBC is not a broadcaster, but an unwieldy collection of feuding baronies, in which managers are most concerned not with serving the public, but with preserving their own status and reputation.

    BBC: Savile inquiry: Media reaction to BBC transcripts

  • "The United States is proud to have Mr. Salam al-Marayati of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Professor Ethel Brooks of Rutgers University, and Ms. Nida Gelazis of the Woodrow Wilson Institute serving as public members in the USG delegation to HDIM, " the embassy said in a statement.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Anti-Israel Advocate Reps U.S. at Rights Conference

  • That is, in the former case elected officials serving on public fund boards may accept bribes and in the latter, public pension investment decision-making may be tainted by political influence peddling.

    FORBES: The Growing Scrutiny of Pensions ( August 22, 2005)

  • But in September he appointed Bernard Chunga, the long-serving deputy public prosecutor, and a man deeply loyal to the regime, to be chief justice.

    ECONOMIST: Britain and East Africa

  • In addition, I have had the privilege of serving public bodies, policy-making forums and regulatory environments for many years now.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | In full: Dr Chai Patel's letter

  • The number of women in prison has doubled in the past five years despite the fact that few pose a risk to the public the vast majority are serving sentences for diddling social security, shoplifting and other types of non-violent crime.

    ECONOMIST: Crime

  • It later grew to operate the largest network of public DNS servers, serving millions of users around the world.

    FORBES: A Closer Look at Google Public DNS

  • He's not a slimy self-serving politician like all the other slimy self-serving politicians in the race... and, we, the general public, can recognize a politician that's NOT slimy and self-serving when we see one.

    CNN: Cafferty: Cheney upbeat on Iraq?

  • Previous Work Experience: Ran business development at Be Inspired PR, a leading boutique public relations firm serving the bridal industry.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Most released prisoners and people serving community sentences are managed by the public sector probation service - provided by 35 trusts across England and Wales.

    BBC: UK

  • Congressional Republicans are taking secretary-designate Alexis Herman to task for campaign-related work she performed for President Bill Clinton while serving as director of the White House public liaison office.

    CNN: Storm Brewing Over Herman's Campaign Work

  • Removal of the US Air Expeditionary Wing from Prince Sultan Air Base, for example, should help improve our relations with the Saudis, and relocating US forces south and out of the densely-populated Seoul area in Korea will help remedy various problems with the Korean public while serving other important military purposes as well.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Transforming the United States Global Defense Post

  • One of her Christmas wishes: that the general public would do more to acknowledge the troops still serving in the holiday season.

    WSJ: Troops' Families Soldier On Through Christmas

  • Most released prisoners and people serving community sentences are currently managed by the public sector probation service - provided by 35 probation trusts across England and Wales.

    BBC: Prison

  • The covenant states "those serving should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services".

    BBC: The Isle of Man proposes to back military covenant

  • Widely described as extraordinarily shy, self-deprecating and down-to-earth, Kennedy has tended to limit her forays into the public sphere to nonpartisan activity, penning books on civil liberties and serving as the de facto guardian of her father's legacy.

    CNN: Senate seat for Caroline Kennedy would extend legacy

  • Spitzer worked as an attorney in the public and private sectors before he was elected attorney general, including serving as an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan district attorney's office from 1986 to 1992.

    CNN: Future of Spitzer, dubbed 'Eliot Ness,' suddenly cloudy

  • Public interest and legal aid firms serving the underprivileged have long been under-funded and overwhelmed with cases even in a good economy.

    CNN: For jobless lawyers, plan B includes good works

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