Word: supporter
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These changes may alter the state of the club, but most members said they fully support the graduate board's decision...
Certainly a new bond between the athlete and the student-fan is needed. Hopefully, Harvard will once again incorporate into its culture support for hockey and all varsity athletics. Showing up for The Game doesn't cut it. We need a cadre of Crimson crazies...
There is a serious problem in the 2000 presidential race: every Democrat I know supports Bill Bradley. Many of the Republicans support John McCain. Perhaps these early endorsements don't seem like a problem, especially considered in the context of the questionable newspaper coverage of candidates, the irrational tendency to pick a winner before the race has begun, and the sensational attention devoted to the dramatically divergent fundraising fortunes of the various candidates...
...there is a more subtle and scary element to these preferences: when you ask these otherwise intelligent and thoughtful people why they support these candidates, they freely admit it's because they know nothing about what these men think. It seems they want to keep it that way, revel in their ignorance, and therein make a political error greater than the decision of one executive to indulge his sexual appetites in the Oval Office...
...about for a credible civilian administration to do his bidding, Musharraf had in fact declared martial law late Thursday, making himself Pakistan's effective head of state. He had been reluctant to assume the reins of government, and with good reason. The International Monetary Fund ? Pakistan's economic life-support system ? on Wednesday suspended discussions over new loans, and warned that there'd be no more money until democracy was restored. That message was underscored by strong warnings from President Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright that the U.S. couldn't do business with a military junta...