Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...immediate response was anger. Women were angry that the campus--their campus--had been violated. They organized a rally in support of the woman. They protested, they demanded more security...
When campus women's groups rallied in support of the rape survivor, they presented a list of demands, asking the University to improve security, insure a safe women's center and start a program of rape prevention...
...defined this group, the "Zealots," as those Jews who support Israel merely because it is a Jewish state, and for whom Israel's status as a democracy is ancillary. Because the majority of American supporters of Israel--myself included--do not share this unqualified support for Israel, the Zealots are forced into intellectual dishonesty when Israel commits acts unbefitting a democracy...
Zealots are loathe to admit that they would support Israel even if it weren't a democracy, so they invent excuses when Israel strays from the liberal democratic path. Sometimes they deny, sometimes they rationalize, and sometimes they impute the motives of Israel's critics...
Bulger urged legislators to support the package, which he said incorporated some "hard choices" on cuts to the state's most expensive programs...