Word: supportively
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Wolf and Sullivan both said the zoning changes ought to put stricter limits on the sizes of buildings relative to the dimensions of their lots. Like several of their colleagues, they support a system of "incentive zoning." The system, which is applied most notably in New York City, starts with unusually tight restrictions, and then grants exceptions for developers who agree to include various forms of public improvements in their plans...
...percent. The poll, released yesterday, showed Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois with 15 percent, followed by former Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado with 13 percent and former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt and the Rev. Jesse Jackson with 6 percent each. Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee failed to register significant support, and 9 percent were undecided...
...President George Bush 47 percent to 20 percent. Rep. Jack Kemp of New York was third with 11 percent, followed by former television evangelist Pat Robertson's 9 percent, and former Delaware Gov. Pete du Pont's 7 percent. Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig didn't collect enough support to register, while 6 percent were undecided...
...have to renew the support on the federal level that has disappeared on account of Reagan's federalism. Can [the bill] get funded in this climate of budget cutting and looming deficit? I do not know, but it sounds like a wonderful idea," O'Neill said...
...fairness to Simon and Hart, there is another revenue producer in both of their deficit plans: oil-import fees. This is, in effect, a hidden tax; it raises gasoline prices at the pump without being directly visible to consumers. That is part of the reason that support for duties on imported oil cuts across the political spectrum, having won the endorsement of Gephardt, Gore and Dole as well. The rest of the equation is simply regional politics: such fees would amount to a windfall for domestic producers in Super Tuesday states like Texas and Louisiana by allowing them to raise...