Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pitts did not look for cheap victories. He picked as his battleground the commercial strip along Seventh Avenue, already partially abandoned before the riot and utterly ravaged after. With the help of a Ford Foundation spin-off called the Local Initiatives Support Corp., and some local and federal money to secure the necessary loans, TEDC transformed the Pantry Pride site into Edison Plaza, a $2.1 million shopping center with thriving stores and offices, anchored by a Winn-Dixie supermarket...
...based on concerns that animal growth hormones might be hazardous to humans. Reagan Administration officials insist that there is no scientific support for the claim. But under pressure from consumer groups, Italy, West Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium have banned the additives, which prompted the E.C.'s import restriction. While the U.S. has stood firm on the issue, other meat exporters (New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Australia) have agreed to ship only hormone-free beef to Europe...
Jordan does not see his support for Omega Psi Phi as detracting from his goal to be a role model for youngsters of all races. "I try to be seen as Michael Jordan the person, not as black or white," he says. "I guess I am a pioneer, and at some time I may come up against a racial barrier, but at least I have cleared...
...felt Harvard lacked a place for people to go when they needed help dealing with their own terminal illnesses or deaths in their families. So in 1983, Minifie founded Life Raft, a support group for members of the Harvard community...
...group has received a great deal of support from President Bok and funding from the University, says Nadja Gould, the group's clinical supervisor and a UHS social worker. There are pamphlets about Life Raft in all of the Network offices as well as at the offices of Harvard's other counseling groups, such as Room 13 and Response. Bunn has written letters to senior tutors to tell them about the program and The Harvard Gazette announces the meetings each week. Reisz says, however, that "you can never publicize enough...