Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result is that the Alumni Association will nominate only those alumni who fully support the University's policies. And those nominees, benefitting from a glowing Alumni Association endorsement and a prime spot on the ballot, will be able to get more votes than "unofficial" candidates, no matter how qualified either might...
Unfortunately, the changes approved by the Board will have the effect of stifling dissenting alumni and making it much harder for "unofficial" candidates--meaning those who do not support the administration's party line--to be elected...
...biggest difference will be mostly administrative things--being responsible for the budget, support staff and delegating responsibilities," Veneziano said, "but I've been fortunate enough to have been kind of independent at times working under [B.U. Director of Sports Information] Ed Carpenter. During the winter, he would be busy with hockey, so being responsible for basketball, I got a good idea of what's it's like being my own boss...
...Pittston miners worked without a contract for 14 months after the firm demanded cost-cutting changes in work rules and health and pension benefits. Last week United Mine Workers president Richard Trumka called upon other labor unions to support the strike. Speaking at a rally in Charleston, W. Va., attended by leaders of the airline-machinists and communications-workers unions, he said, "It's time that we stood up as a large family and fought back." But so far, it is mostly the miners who are aflame...
...image, Quayle would have to be seen, first as an effective inside player and outside spokesman. With encouragement from Bush and White House chief of staff John Sununu, Quayle became a voluble participant in strategy sessions. He lined up with Sununu and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, for instance, to support a relatively high budget for the Strategic Defense Initiative. Then it was Quayle who laid out in a major speech the Administration's line...