Word: support
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...meeting Rudenstine gave a "strong...unqualified reaffirmation of support" for Giles, the executive said, and since then the University has been "getting the ducks in order" for today's announcement...
Some of this support was the result of a deliberate campaign by the Giles family to get prominent figures in the media industry to lobby Mass. Hall...
...York City, the Robin Hood Foundation collects contributions--many by credit card through its website--and distributes them to antipoverty organizations, to which it offers management support and from which it requires accountability. "What we do is not only give money but business skills and expertise in marketing, public relations, technology, financial and business management," explains Paul Brainerd, president of Aldus Corp. and founder of Social Venture Partners, a nonprofit consortium for techies who don't merely write checks but also lend their skills...
...supporters had not failed to notice that as close as the 1993 vote was, the delegations from Alabama, Florida and Texas were almost unanimous in their support, since it was in their states that much station work would be done. As early as 1992, NASA lobbyists had been descending on Washington with cheery charts and maps making the point that as the project grew, the money would seep out in countless directions. BUSINESS GETTING BUCK$, one map read, promising a "procurement constituency" of 40 states. After the 1993 vote, this hard sell only increased. "NASA approached this...
...many widows live in poverty as wives the same age--and of the poor widows, 80% weren't poor while their husbands were alive. Half of all couples who married in the past 20 years will divorce, and a mere 28% of divorced women are granted ongoing financial support. Of those, a third never collect a penny of the alimony or child support due them...