Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...articles, "And Now a Word about Commercials" and "Healing by Tinkering" expose the appalling attitude of the citizenry of this, the richest country, toward their fellow citizens. Apparently the American public is willing to pay, via the marketplace, a hidden tax on its beer, cigarettes, detergents and automobiles to support $22,000-per-minute television commercials, but is unwilling to pay for the vitally needed equipment or manpower to save the lives of more than a slim handful of the 20,000 or more Americans who develop a treatable kidney disease each year...
Afterward, Johnson declared that there was nothing "very exciting to report." If so, why had he traveled so far for so little? The messages of friendship, trust and support could almost have been summarized in a letter-most of the five-page communique issued after the talks, in fact, was written in advance. Both Johnson and Thieu denied that a full bombing pause was even discussed. Both repeated statements that they had made a dozen times before. South Viet Nam would be fully represented at Paris, if and when real negotiations start, and there would be no coalition government "imposed...
...Humphrey and Nixon are almost overwhelmingly strong favorites to be nominated, but the prospect fails to excite millions of voters in their own parties and beyond. The thought of having to choose between them leads some citizens to say that they will not vote. Others say that they will support George Wallace's third party on the right, or encourage a fourth party on the left, or vote only with reluctance for the major parties. Quips Chicago Columnist Virginia Kay: "Nineteen sixty-eight may go on record as the year they gave an election and nobody came...
Black Panther leader Billy Seal, standing in for Cleaver last night, urged support for last-minute efforts to put Cleaver's name on the presidential ballot in Massachusetts. The deadline for signatures on nominating papers is this afternoon...
Much discussion at the Expedition's base camp here has centered on "Stephansson's Theory," a rather simple assertion that the ocean beneath the pack ice contains enough animal life to support a handful of travelers indefinitely. Although this Expedition does not actually depend on game meat for survival, the number of large animals they actually sight will provide some idea of the theory's validity...