Word: supportive
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...lobby in a general election. After the Senate vote, Bush joked that if he were in office, his Vice President would have voted for the Republican version of the gun-control measures. He also defended his concealed-carry law as the kind of "reasonable" legislation that he might support as a President. "There are people in our society who feel threatened," he said, "and they feel like they want to protect themselves...
...that itinerary sounds a little dull, blame the Russians. Discovery's mission was six months late, thanks to persistent delays with Star City's Soyuz module, which will form the life-support center of the $60 billion station now slated for completion in 2005. NASA bigwigs have already offered mea culpas for giving Russia, which is in the throes of economic and political paralysis, such a vital job -- the completion of which is essential to maintaining the construction schedule. Live and learn. Until the Russians get back on schedule, NASA crews will have to content themselves with busy work -- like...
...lobby will contain the offices of the chair of the department, the lab director, and support for students," Anderson says. "It establishes a human face of the department to anyone who comes...
Faculty members say that they fully support Anderson's decisions and that they are pleased with the University for allocating more funds for the important goal of improving student life...
...battle that erupted in the Senate over gun control has been turned into something of a guerrilla war in the House. After indicating support Tuesday for the general outlines of the new Senate restrictions on guns, House Republican leaders on Wednesday moved to slow down a Democratic move to immediately pass those restrictions. By a 19 to 13 vote, the House Judiciary Committee shot down a Democratic attempt to force a vote on the gun measures this week, opting instead to study the proposals first and aim for a vote in mid-July. Democrats accused the GOP of holding...