Word: supporting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...though it wasn't the President's turn for the limelight, attendees couldn't help but throw some admiring words his way. Hancock called himself "a fan." Baryshnikov said, "Obama is great," and added, "We all have to support him." "Oh, I love him," said Black. "He's very approachable...a very kind and thoughtful...
...published on Dec. 3 by the conservative-leaning polling group Rasmussen Reports found that 52% of Americans polled believe there remains significant disagreement within the scientific community over global warming, and that 84% of Americans believe it is at least somewhat likely that some scientists have falsified data to support their theories on global warming. Unfortunately, scientific truth matters less than public perception - a doubtful public is that much less likely to support tough caps on greenhouse-gas emissions...
...every child is entitled to an education regardless of background or learning ability. Early tracking of students in China ensures that only the best and brightest can receive college-prep education; others are put into vocational schools or the workforce. If I taught only students who had parental support and spent hours on homework, I certainly could show higher test scores. But I believe that anyone can achieve his dream. The surly teen may mature and realize he needs an education to get the job he loves; the struggling kid may be able to get to college with better study...
Hasan's worldview was obviously irreconcilable with his oath to support and defend the Constitution. Yet he was retained in the Army, despite his wishes to get out, because he owed time. Imagine the irreparable harm he would have inflicted on the fragile minds of soldiers suffering from PTSD if he had not gone on a rampage...
...himself with the strip of cardboard. "I have to eat and send money home." For Chen and the other workers - Chinese as well as Papua New Guinean - toiling deep in the bush, all they can ask for is survival. But the big Chinese firms, and the local governments they support - they expect nothing less than the kind of fortunes that will reshape the world...