Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Likewise, these nay-sayers claim the summit merely served as an opportunity for Reagan to guarantee his place in history and shore up support for his last months in office...
Grosz is virtually guaranteed support from the eleven-member Politburo, the party's top decision-making body, where his allies are in the majority. Imre Pozsgay, 54, the outspoken head of the People's Patriotic Front, a Communist- led umbrella organization of some 100 special-interest groups, and Reszo Nyers, 65, Hungary's most prominent reform economist, were among those elected to the Politburo during the same party conference that ousted Kadar...
Iranian acceptance of the Syrian army's entry into the Beirut suburbs was thus perhaps a gesture of gratitude for the support Assad has given Iran throughout the conflict in the gulf. Iran could also claim that the peaceful solution prevented certain Hizballah defeat in Beirut had Syria used force, as it threatened to several times...
...Texas, are small- time operators who may grab one cow at a time and load it into a trailer. Says Steve Westbrook, one of 32 private field inspectors hired by the state: "Used to be cowboy types would steal cattle. Now it's everyone, from a person trying to support a drug habit to an unemployed person who is behind on house and car payments." The victims of many of the Texas thefts are city dwellers who have weekend "ranchettes" of about 15 acres, where they relax and keep a few cows and perhaps a horse or two. With...
...grim diagnosis is based on a detailed 2,000-page report summing up a 15-month investigation. The document charges that the Jersey City system is afflicted with "political patronage, union pressure and cronyism." Former Mayor Gerald McCann, for example, reportedly laid off dozens of teachers who failed to support his political campaign. School-board members (all city-hall appointees) have been accused of such shoddy financial supervision that favored contractors collected some $3 million above approved funds. A gym teacher became his school's personnel chief after his union backed the election of incumbent Mayor Anthony Cucci -- whose sister...