Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What does an artist require of life? Quite simple things, really. The time and solitude necessary to temper talent and vision. A little money for supplies. The emotional support of kindly and patient friends. The right historical moment to present his work. And, finally, a sympathetic, critical champion, gently guiding an audience to proper appreciation of the artist's gifts. Simple things, yes. But how hard they are to come by, what luck is required in the quest, and how rarely artists themselves confront their difficulties in an engaging spirit. The whine of self-pity, the bombast of self-aggrandizement...
Rome was able to cover the huge 1986 shortfall by using the full $32 million from the "St. Peter's Pence" collection, taken in parishes around the world to support the papacy. Also applied was $24.7 million that had been held over from previous Pence collections, nearly wiping out those reserves. The deficit would have been worse if Rome had not dipped into endowments for $3.5 million. What resources the Holy See will use to cope with the 1987 deficit have not been revealed...
...Macon's blue-collar Southside, the Sandwich King is a friendly, family- owned eatery where folks slurp coffee and talk about bass fishing, layoffs at the local textile mills and, once in a while, politics. Most of the whites at the cafe describe themselves as evangelical Christians who support a strong military and a balanced budget. A real Reaganite bunch? Think again. "I don't always like the Democrats who run for President," says Bill Morland, 36, a burly telephone lineman, "but it was pretty clear to me from the get-go that Ronald Reagan was out to make...
...stakes are also suddenly very real. Solid black support and a potential three-way split of the white vote make it quite possible that Jackson will emerge from the Super Tuesday frenzy next week rivaling the front runner in delegate totals. Moreover, if he continues to attract a slice of white votes, he would become, at least for a while, the legitimate front runner, one whose clout could overshadow the little "yes, but" asterisk next to his name...
...meantime, gay support groups are taking action. Last month Horizons Community Services, Inc., a Chicago gay organization, started an antiviolence program with a $27,000 federal crime-victim grant. Los Angeles' Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center has instituted a telephone hot line for assault victims, and San Francisco's Community United Against Violence offers free self-defense classes. But taking a stand means taking a risk. In Indianapolis, a few weeks after Kathleen Sarris appeared on radio and television talk shows as president of the gay-rights group Justice, Inc., she was raped at gunpoint and beaten unconscious...