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Word: supportively (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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While a line item veto may work on the state level, it is highly unlikely that a president would ever get to use it on the federal level. Constitutional amendments are extremely rare, and there is far from a consensus in support of the item veto...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: An Appropriate Veto | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

...reach beyond the women she had come into direct contact with to touch the mass of women in this country who have few powerful role models. And just as she expanded her role to reach an entire country, so now, at Harvard, she will be able to aim her support and experience at the ambitious women here...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: A Woman's Woman | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

...former president of the Massachusetts state university system has circulated a letter to leaders in higher education charging that Gov. Michael S. Dukakis never "provided more than lip-service support for education...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Duke Attacked on Education | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

...while Bush's performance may have been poor, most agreed that Dole and Robertson garnered strong support mainly because the Iowa caucus was just that--held in Iowa and in the form of a caucus, instead of a primary vote. Richard Thornburgh, Institute of Politics director and former Pennsylvania Governor, said that Dole's victory may have been more representative of his Midwestern support than his national appeal...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Gephardt, Dole Triumph In Iowa Caucuses | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

...Robertson's support was much more likely to register in a limited showing, closed caucus style," Thornburgh said. "His supporters would be out in a greater proportion...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Gephardt, Dole Triumph In Iowa Caucuses | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

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