Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jesse Jackson: Minority. His performances in Iowa and New Hampshire have proven that he has won over substantial white support. His grassroots organization of Southern voters guarantees him Super Tuesday success. Since the Democratic Party is trying to overcome the factional interests that plagued it in 1984 and will probably not opt for a Black candidate, the most he can hope for is kingmaker status at the convention and support for a future run for a senatorial or gubernatorial office...
...Bush: Millionaire. Bush is the favored son of the Republican Party and has all the money to prove it. Consequently, he pulled off a huge media blitz against competitor Senator Robert Dole, including a half hour live talkshow. His televised attack on Dole's votes for tax increases and support for an oil import fee signal a healthy diversion from character attacks to policy criticism. His subsequent victory in New Hampshire was essential to halting Dole's post-Iowa momentum...
Dole is also very strong going into the South. With the benefits of his wife Elizabeth's North Carolinian background and his popularity among farmers, Dole has a basis for muscling voter support...
...Harvard is a good employer." The book says that compensation and benefit programs for support staff are based on local market conditions and employee needs...
...book says that the process of collective bargaining between a union and the University could risk employees' current pay scale--giving support staff salaries and benefits which are more than, equal to, or less than what they currently receive. The book also maintains that the wage increases AFSCME has negotiated at other universities are less than the increases Harvard support staff receive now, without a union...