Word: pro
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While the bill is a step in the right direction, it does not signal any kind of contrition on the part of pro-flag state legislators, nor does it promise any statewide reconciliation between the races. The removal of the Confederate flag could have been an event to bring South Carolina into the 19th century. A public acknowledgement of the wrongs the South had committed and their willingness to move past bigotry. Instead, this "great" "compromise" has merely reaffirmed the tenacity with which flag supporters cling to the memory of Old Dixie...
Though he played as a defensive lineman for Harvard, Sands (6'4', 235 lbs.) said he is probably too small to continue at that position at the pro level. If he succeeds in making the Steelers' roster, Sands would likely be moved to outside linebacker, a position he played earlier in his Crimson football career...
...after the draft is traditionally a busy time for free agent signings, as teams scramble to claim unselected college players who have the raw skills to play competitively at the pro level...
...solidly against a China trade deal on the grounds that it has insufficient safeguards for human rights and labor standards, without which the unions fear that more manufacturing jobs will depart these shores for China's cheaper labor market. Thus the revival of the coalition between pro-labor Democrats and conservative Republicans that fought NAFTA. Of course Vice President Gore took the lead in facing that one down, although his own electoral concerns (and AFL-CIO endorsement) may keep him far from the front line this time. And even though the administration won on NAFTA, the White House will also...
Speaking in English, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe does a credible job of sounding conciliatory, but addressing his supporters in his native tongue he comes across a little like Slobodan Milosevic. As the standoff between the country's handful of white farmers and the pro-Mugabe squatters who've occupied their land becomes increasingly violent, the 74-year-old Mugabe on Wednesday chose Independence Day to address the problem with a forked tongue. First he spoke in English and struck a conciliatory tone, expressing understanding for both sides of the conflict and sympathy for two farmers shot dead...