Word: supportive
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...adopted by the new regime. After the 1996 campaign in Chechnya was over, Russian President Boris Yeltsin admitted to a death toll significantly higher than that reported during the war and it is widely assumed that the Russian government is again intentionally underestimating casualties in order to bolster civilian support. Indeed, independent sources estimate that military casualties are nearly as high as they were during the failed Soviet campaign in Afghanistan...
...goal margin. In the final 40 minutes, Huggon allowed only one goal--Botterill's shorthanded score on the breakaway--and made 15 saves to keep her team in the game. But the damage had been done in the first period, and the Crimson gave Kuusisto enough support in the defensive zone to maintain the lead...
Congressional Republicans have yet to coalesce around a single plan, but most G.O.P. measures are likely to be built around a bipartisan Senate bill, sponsored by Democrat John Breaux and Republican Bill Frist. Just last week the pharmaceuticals lobby in Washington announced its tentative support for the Breaux-Frist approach, which would compel insurance companies to provide a "high-option" plan with drug benefits and then help cover the cost of that insurance for the poor and near poor. With its bipartisan cachet, the Breaux-Frist bill is likely to become the big starting point for a fiery debate, particularly...
...resolve this thing, and we're going to be pragmatic about it. But at the heart of this case is a principle that's pretty important: our right to add features to Windows. We have been taking things that people demand, whether it be adding a graphical interface or support for networking, and building it into the operating system. Doing that has been why the PC revolution has done so much for consumers...
...government to act on its behalf. The irony is that Netscape was bought for $10 billion by the dominant online provider [AOL]. Netscape shareholders did super well, consumers did super well, and what we did with Windows is what we should be doing, because people want Internet support in the operating system. It's a commonsense thing that has been lost in all the rhetoric...