Word: supportive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After he called organized religion a "crutch" and "a sham" in a recent interview with Playboy, and then continued to say that he would like to be reincarnated as a 38 DD bra, his approval ratings dropped 19 points overnight. His support among women dropped to its lowest levels ever...
...saddening that the Republicans would look to delay tax credits which support people in the workforce and which have consistently been shown to encourage work rather than welfare. It is more saddening that this move would come at the same time that other money is being spent for wealthier, more powerful constituencies: Senate majority leader Trent Lott is currently attempting to secure $500 million for an extra aircraft carrier to be built in his home state of Mississippi, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) has just passed an amendment to save the oil industry $66 million a year...
...righthander John Birtwell, the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year who finished 4-5 with a team-best 2.83 ERA, battled over 7.1 innings, allowing just three earned runs, his mates stuck him with another hard-luck loss, one of several he suffered this year because of meager run support...
...campaign wasn't easy, though. Gay said the other candidates had "deeper pockets" than she did, and they had larger support networks in the district. Gay was also the only woman out of seven candidates...
...poised to pass this bill, but now they are being blocked by legislative tactics." For Republican leaders, who insist it?s the Democrats, not them, who?ve tied cement blocks to the bill, the goal is to position HMO reform as close as possible to the business interests that support them most fervently. That means limiting lawsuits and capping damage awards. Democrats tend to prick their ears to the trial lawyers, who see HMOs as the most lucrative enemy since Big Tobacco, and, most important, the angry patients on whose behalf the suits would be filed. Both sides have...