Word: support
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...part of American college life that students and alumni alike have come to expect varsity sports at colleges." Agreed. Harvard officials point out that most schools bend the admissions standards far further. We agree again. But they have also claimed that some measure of preferential treatment is necessary to support a competitive Division I program. Here we must differ. We believe that if the price of "competitive" teams is lowering standards, we should be content to be uncompetitive or to compete at a lower level...
...final freeze--a lukewarm version of the original proposal--was approved with only hesitant approval from the chamber, which lobbied to support a clause ensuring that spaces currently in operation could not be eliminated...
...City Council last night praised recent student activism in support of a stepped-up hiring efforts in the Afro-American Studies Department...
...White House, nonetheless, has ruled out a special session, partly because of concern that the Democrat-controlled Congress might reject Bush's strategy. Instead, the Administration's next move will be at the U.N. Security Council. Baker spent much of last week mobilizing support for a U.S. resolution that would authorize the use of force to remove Iraq from Kuwait. Such a resolution would provide the Administration with a mandate for going on the offensive even if Congress declined to give one. Baker seems to have the necessary votes in hand. The other permanent members of the Security Council -- Britain...
...interview with CNN last week, the President conceded that there is "a ticking of the clock" toward war, in part because public support for his policies is dropping. That, in turn, owes to his failure to convincingly state the case for his strategy. The gravest risk is that Bush may feel compelled to adopt a more aggressive stance before the consensus deteriorates further. The President would be well advised to clarify his goals when he sits down to dinner with the troops. There will be plenty of Americans back home intently listening...