Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...September 22 preliminaries saw a low voter turnout, a small field of candidates and a wide margin of popular support for the incumbent. Flynn took 70 percent of the vote to Tierney's 27 percent in that election, which eliminated a Socialist and a follower of Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche...
...says Flynn owes much of his popularity to his 16 years of public office as a city councilor and then as mayor. He says the local news media have also helped Flynn address his constituency. "It just goes to show that a direct connection with the people yields grassroots support," says Doyle...
Flynn also takes credit for opening new police stations and for expanding the police force in these areas. But City Councilor James E. Burn, who represents Dorchester and Mattapan, says Flynn is taking credit for community sacrifice and hard work. "It's been like pulling teeth, trying to get support for an extended police force," says Yancey...
Considering the distance between the two cities, it's surprising the rivalry has been able to continue. Both Harvard and McGill are club teams that survive without much support from their respective athletic departments...
...learned in Vietnam, proportional response brings failure. Destroying oil platforms will not convince Iran to end its war with Iraq, to cease its attacks on shipping, or to stop its support of international terrorism. A radical, revolutionary regime that is indeed "stupid enough" to risk war with the United States, Iran only will respond by doing what it does best--escalation. And our undefined commitment in the Gulf will give us only one choice. That will be to follow, thereby passing on the initiative to Teheran...