Word: supportive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...problems that had blocked an Austrian peace treaty. The West gave in to a Russian demand for $150 million, payable in six years. Russia would not claim any additional "German assets" in Austria, but would keep the ones she had already seized. In exchange, the Russians with drew their support of a Yugoslav claim to some Austrian territory and reparations. The Yugoslavs would long ago have given up their claim had Russia not deliberately kept it alive for bargaining purposes...
...Better Go Home." When the archbishop finished his sermon, he moved to the altar for prayers. He leaned heavily on his staff, tapping it audibly on the flagstones while two acolytes helped to support him. First he prayed for the youth of Czechoslovakia, that they should not be misled. He prayed for those Catholics who are wavering in faith, that they might be strengthened and not "turned aside by lies and distorted reports." Last he prayed for the "Judases who are betraying their priestly calling, who are allowing themselves to be tempted by short-term successes and material benefits...
...WCFL-is labor-owned. Established in 1926 by the Chicago Federation of Labor, WCFL's programs include broadcasts of football games, the Chicago Symphony, Don McNeil's Breakfast Club, and the Eleanor Roosevelt-Anna Boettiger show. It differs from other Chicago stations only in its vocal support of striking workers...
...agreement (TIME, April 4), which gives U.S. farmers an annual export market of 168 million bushels for four years. The wheat pact, which will cost taxpayers an estimated $84 million in subsidies to farmers for the first year's exports (because export prices will be lower than domestic support prices), goes into effect July...
Dean Bender then told the Class, which he called "the most promising" to be graduated from any college this year, that "Harvard deserves your support, which doesn't necessarily' mean your money...