Word: supportively
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...table. That's not to say, however, that Gore wouldn't have his own list of priorities: he'll cut spending where it doesn't endanger national security or cut essential services. On the revenue side, Gore would work to close remaining tax loopholes, ensure better tax compliance, and support better tax compliance, and support new taxes as long as they are progressive and proinvestment...
Compare that with the more simplistic and unrealistic proposals his rivals have offered so far. While Senator Paul Simon promises us that "the figures are there" to support his claims for both a massive spending program and a balanced budget, the numbers show otherwise. Gov. Michael Dukakis's budget plan, which consists of collecting unpaid taxes and saying that "tough choices have to be made," fails to make any decisions on taxes and spending. Jesse Jackson's plan to reduce the deficit by making very deep cuts in defense spending may balance the budget, but only by drastically weakening this...
...weeks before the Board of Overseers meets to consider voting on divestment, the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC) is urging students to write the Overseers in favor of the Board's support of divestment...
There are only so many conculsions that can be drawn to explain the administration's lack of action toward South Africa--especially in the face of its whole-hearted support for the Nicaraguan contras. One, the administration is ignorant of the facts. Two, the administration regards illegal foreign acts important only if they are committed by a communist government. Three, the administration approves of the system of apartheid. Any one of these conclusions is readily believeable, but not one of them is excusable. It is inconceivable that an administration that claims such a fervent commitment to the principles of freedom...
...even though no more than one-fifth of the students at the University of Pennsylvania belong to fraternities and sororities, "on weekends they support the majority of the social life," says PiKappa Alpha fraternity President Barry A. Fleischer...