Word: supportively
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Hatcher participated in a series of tumultuous meetings in 1983 in which the Black political community met to decide whether to field a candidate in the 1984 presidential race. After a good deal of controversy, Hatcher says, a group of Black leaders first decided in Chicago to support a Black candidate and picked Jesse Jackson some what later. Hatcher says a number of other Blacks were considered, including Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young...
...drive has hardly daunted UNITA. Thanks to years of support from South African troops, bases in neighboring states and U.S. military aid, including potent Stinger antiaircraft missiles, Savimbi's men seem as determined as ever. They roam freely in 16 of Angola's 19 provinces and constantly launch deadly assaults on government soldiers. UNITA, Savimbi claims, has enough arms and money to go on fighting for two more years...
...least until March 1990. He can also remain commander of the army until 1995. Whenever the voting does take place (opposition leaders have pressed for an earlier date), Chile's traditionally fractious parties will have to agree on a field that allows the winner to emerge with enough support to govern...
...indicated -- a considerable achievement for a dictator after 15 years in power. Said Labor Minister Alfonso Marquez de la Plata: "The plebiscite was a personal triumph for the President and an electoral defeat for his collaborators. It's a clear demonstration that he enjoys a great deal of civilian support...
Perhaps. For now, the key issue remains the timing of presidential elections. A quick ballot could even help the government by allowing it to support a single candidate before the opposition can produce a strong field. A long delay, on the other hand, could unravel the opposition's recent unity. But such concerns seemed remote to exultant Chileans last week. In the fall of a ruthless patriarch, the country caught a happy glimpse of both its democratic past and its possible future...