Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said he was releasing the information about the transmission on a military channel to support the statements of Adm. William J. Crowe Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that the Vincennes fired its missiles because it thought it was attacking a military target...
...first taxi ride to the Archivo General, for instance, brought me some insight into the problem. I had seen the name Salinas all over the walls and posters of the city, and I wondered why he seemed to be receiving such widespread support. When I asked my cab driver, who went by the name Sr. Rodolfo, if Carlos Salinas de Gotari was the official candidate of the PRI, he informed me that well, yes, he was the candidate of the PRI, but more than that, he would be the next President of Mexico...
...many single mothers, starting a company is a way out of poverty. Ninfa Maria Rodriguez Laurenzo, a widow, was looking for a way to support her three youngest children when she opened a tiny Mexican restaurant in Houston in 1973. In that business, she says, "I knew there would at least be food for my family." Last year Ninfa's, her chain of ten Texas restaurants, grossed $20 million...
Already, three other nations have faced similar surplus quandaries. Japan restricts excess retirement money to a reserve fund, which boosts the country's savings rate. The Canadian government lends its pension cushion to provinces to support schools and build roads, and Sweden's fund is used to finance mortgages and pay off debt. Lending the money can be a good idea, says Barry Bosworth, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, "if the loan goes to develop capital growth and productivity rather than consumption...
...contras' support staff comprises several hundred employees in many Latin American, U.S. and European cities. This week contra leaders will meet to determine the precise number of cutbacks, which will go into effect on July...