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• n  people in general considered as a whole
  he is a hero in the eyes of the public
• n  a body of people sharing some common interest
  the reading public
• a  not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
  the public good
  public libraries
  public funds
  public parks
  a public scandal
  public gardens
  performers and members of royal families are public figures
• s  affecting the people or community as a whole
  the public welfare

• Maine Senator Olympia Snowe's idea of creating a public option as only a fallback if private insurance companies fail to produce genuine competition seems to be gaining currency at .
• Tonight, President Barack Obama will once again declare his preference for the so-called public insurance option, a cause clbre for Congressional liberals and a deal breaker .
• The public-health system of 2002 is nothing like the public-health system as it was established in 1798.

• populace
• world

• private

News & Articles

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• Public auctions
  Horst Auctioneers conducted the following public sales:•June 7-8, of cataloged antiques before 585 registered bidders.Items sold included a Lehn-type miniature blanket chest, $3,500; a woolly mammoth tusk, $3,300; a rare leather hanging pin cushion, $1,250; a folk art sewing chest, $1250; a Hat...
  June 16, 2013 - Lancaster Online
• Public records
  Public records
  June 15, 2013 - Bradenton Herald
• Two Public Schools in New York Are Spared the Tear-Down of Development
  Public Schools 191 and 199 will not be torn down, but students at the School of Cooperative Technical Education weren’t so lucky.
  June 14, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• David Letterman in ABC News
  My response to that [allegation] is, 'Yes I have.' Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would,Letterman said.
• Rahm Emanuel in AFP
  As if shoving a trillion-dollar government takeover of healthcare down the throat of a disapproving American public wasn't enough, apparently the Obama administration intends to arrogantly circumvent the American people yet again by... Mitch McConnell http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEZA1ca3PJ7nNpSJFQIuI8CQ4eMWw Los Angeles Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-recess-appointment-20100707,0,7588388.story&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQsqwgnhJjKcbsQYXi1UmLeX8USQ Jul 6, 2010 78742 106014 public And I think we can all conclude that Tony Hayward is not going to have a second career in PR (public relations) consulting," he told ABC's "This Week". "This has just been part of a long line of PR gaffes and mistakes."