Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...council also declared March 20-26 as Daffodil Days in support of the American Cancer Society...
...council approved a resolution introduced by Councillor Saundra M. Graham stating that the city "shall not support through the purchasing power of municipal government the social system of South Africa and Namibia that is founded on racial segregation...
...government has been able to hold hostage our most sacred First Amendment principle. Nevertheless, the safety of our employees and patrons must take precedence." Though American writers' groups were at first slow to react to the controversy, the 2,200- member PEN American Center later issued a statement in support of Rushdie...
...wait for someone else to show the way. "There was a void in the system," she explains. "People who needed help the most were being ignored." Thomas received her inspiration from the ex-offender mothers she had worked with, who fought to turn their lives around. Her plans received support from officials who knew and respected her work. She named her program for Winnie Mandela, wife of imprisoned South African black leader Nelson Mandela...
Though he may no longer have his eyes on the moon, most observers are sure that Brown is aiming for higher things -- and he has told friends that gaining the chairmanship is the first step in a plan to gain party support for another tilt at the presidency. Brown even jokingly acknowledges the speculation about his motives. If he can create an effective Democratic Party, he says, he might run for office. "I would have earned it!" he says. Then he adds, "If I don't do it, I'm going back to the monastery...