Word: supported
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House sources said Keverian is strongly pressuring Democratic party leaders to support the tax package, which includes a state sales tax increase from 5 percent to 6.5 percent, doubling of the capital gains tax from 5 percent to 10 percent and a six-cent increase in the gasoline...
...Boston Globe reported yesterday that Keverian telephoned several House chairs over the weekend and told them they would have to resign their positions if they refused to support the package...
...bound for Gdansk, Krakow and Warsaw. The desperately needed cartons of flour, baby food, pasta, antibiotics, surgical gloves and hospital linens are manifestations of one of the most profound changes brought about by Poland's dramatic opening to the West. A Polish government is at last receiving the enthusiastic support and recognition of "Polonia," as Poles who have left their homeland refer to the colonies they have established in other countries. In the week that brought Lech Walesa to the Windy City, it was evident that the heady transformations in Poland have also stirred a seemingly insular and parochial community...
...important first step. The reforms, said Common Cause President Fred Wertheimer, established the principle "that public officials should be paid by the public and not by private interests." The President too chose to focus on the positive aspects of the deal. In his carefully crafted message of support, Bush told Congress, "I fully support the reforms you are prepared to bring before the House of Representatives this week...
...another idea, called the cold dark matter theory, has gathered more support. This theory postulates an as yet undiscovered form of exotic subatomic particle that pervades the universe. The presence of this mysterious "dark matter" could explain why most galaxies -- including our Milky Way -- seem, judging from measurements of gravitational forces, to contain about ten times as much invisible matter as they do visible stars, gas and dust. The existence of dark matter is needed to fill the gaps in some of the Grand Unified Theories that physicists have concocted to account for the fundamental structure of matter and energy...