Search Details

Word: supportively (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...most serious allegation against Wright, that he accepted some $145,000 in gifts over a 10-year period from George Mallick, a Fort Worth developer, also had the narrowest margin of support on the Ethics Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Charges Wright on Ethics Breach | 4/18/1989 | See Source »

AFTER insuring that dissent would not be tolerated, the moderator of the rally showed clearly why the New Left--as a national movement--failed to win the support of most Americans--and eventually collapsed...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Promise of a Positive Left | 4/18/1989 | See Source »

...much of the rhetoric of activists of the late '60s was blatantly anti American. And although I staunchly support the right to burn the American flag as a matter of freedom of expression, I don't feel that it is a particularly effective tactic for a movement which is trying to convince the majority of voters to support their cause...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Promise of a Positive Left | 4/18/1989 | See Source »

...advocates of the amendment said that the $50 million--which would help offset the federal government's reduced funding of Medicare payments--was promised to the hospitals last year in return for their support of the state's unprecedented universal health care...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: State to Grant Hospitals Money | 4/18/1989 | See Source »

Shortly before North took the stand, the defense read to the jury an extraordinary 42-page "admission of facts," disclosing that secret efforts to provide support for the Nicaraguan contras involved not only North but also Ronald Reagan, former Secretary of State George Shultz, CIA Director William Casey and, most important, George Bush. The court paper was supplied by the staff of independent counsel Lawrence Walsh with the approval of Attorney General Dick Thornburgh. It had been drawn up to satisfy North's attorney, Brendan Sullivan, who had fought for months for the right to use classified documents to demonstrate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pawn Among Giants | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

Previous | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | Next