They acted as citizen patriots have acted since the beginning of our country.
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William Cronon, an American history professor at the University of Wisconsin, launched his new Scholar as Citizen blog with a lengthy post about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservatively funded and fairly secretive group which is drafting reams of legislation for states across the country and has been since 1973.
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As a citizen and as a Christian, I cherish this right.
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As a citizen of Greece, Philip was initially deployed as a "neutral foreigner" serving on naval escort and convoy missions.
Train, active in foreign and military affairs for four decades as a citizen and writer (he's the author of such financial books as The Money Masters, which profiled Templeton), has a rsum suited to so sweeping a cause.
My friends, after three conventions as a candidate or a president, tonight I come to you as a citizen, returning to the role that I have played for most of my life, as a foot soldier in our fight for the future, as we nominate in Boston a true New England patriot for president.
They will have no incentive to acquire the knowledge and skills important for life as an informed citizen, or as a reflective and culturally literate human being.
As "citizen scientists, " they will collect twice-daily plankton samples for researchers at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
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One of the suspected coup plotters has been identified as US citizen James Kazongo, AP news agency reports.
In a 2003 SEC filing, he was listed as a citizen of Colombia.
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As a citizen of France, I know such a society very well.
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Today, we proudly salute him not just as a member of our military but also as a citizen of our country.
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But poor Dwight Eisenhower, who was used to getting 100% respect as a soldier, found the experience as a citizen rather trying.
One of the greatest problems for anyone who has dealings with government, whether as a citizen or a business, is its sheer complexity.
Although one man of Finnish descent, Marutei Tsurunen, now sits in the Diet as a citizen, only about 100 westerners are naturalised each year.
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As a citizen, she was a woman with strong political opinions.
Candidates Michel Martelly and Mirlande Manigat appear to be keeping calm in the face of such uncertainty, stating that he has the right to return as a citizen of Haiti.
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But as a citizen, I think this little episode has more to tell us about how we interact with public services and about how they respond than first meets the eye.
Just as each citizen is entitled to vote and to participate on an equal footing in our civic life, each is also expected and required to manage his or her own financial affairs.
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The chair, in response to some questions and complaints by the Democrats, and I must say I don't -- I find them with some substance to them, object to Mr. Schippers' remarks as a citizen.
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"He must have proven himself worthy as a citizen, carrying the ideals of football forward into his relations with his community and his fellow man with love of his country, " according National Football Foundation website.
He wanted to express his disappointment that she has been the subject of inappropriate, personal attacks, and to thank her for exercising her rights as a citizen to speak out on an issue of public policy.
As a citizen, she said, she was offended, shocked and disgusted, and wanted the tapes disclosed to the public, but as a prosecutor she had to argue that the tapes had no place in the murder case.
Yet, though Argentina devotes only a third as much, per citizen, as Chile to military spending, that is still the largest item in its federal budget, a quarter of it, the huge cost of state pensions excluded.
This is of particular concern when you consider the incredible costs to society of not making the right investments to ensure that every child is prepared to participate in the modern economy and contribute as a citizen.
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Over the years my taxes have become more complex, and my annoyance with the complexity and ambiguity makes it harder for me to focus on taxes as part of my role and duty as a citizen of this amazing country.
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But I will not be able to avoid the responsibility if I decide that as a citizen I have to do it, that I have to leave aside everything and try to be of service to my people, my country.
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