Word: support
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...Democratic race for state treasurer, we give our support to House Speaker George Keverian '53 of Everett, Mass. Keverian, to be sure, has been sadly ineffective in his last year on the job, repeatedly failing in his efforts to pressure his colleagues into responsible action to combat the state budget deficit...
...post that Thompson--who was elected merely by being in the right race at the right time--apparently lacks. Beeferman's background in public service law qualifies him to be a legislator, and his commitment to a liberal and independent-minded social agenda qualify him for our support...
Recently, I had the upsetting experience of reading Joshua M. Sharfstein's ridiculous and unfair allegations about Harvard football players. At first glance, one might think that Sharfstein was attempting to drum up support for the team, a laudable effort for a school newspaper. However, by the conclusion of his article, he had successfully degraded a large number of student-athletes...
While we do not endorse either candidate, we find the staff's treatment of John Silber unfair and irrelevant. True, Silber has clumsily offended groups whose support he desperately needs to win the governorship. But in its rush to paint Silber as a backwards racist, sexist and anti-Semite, the staff fails to recognize that Silber's gratuitous comments are nothing more than the unpleasant biproducts of his "straight-shooting" personality and his inexperience with the mass media...
...other state services on the brink of financial collapse. Although he says he would seek to delay the CLT petition's implementation as governor, Weld's position reveals too much of antigovernment Ronald Reagan and not enough of his Yale counterpart. We are also disappointed by his staunch support of the death penalty--a position he shares with Pierce and Democratic candidate Frank Bellotti...