Word: support
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...thing. And for every futurist who screams "Dow 50,000," there are two who wonder if the markets are something to be betting America's retirement on. Though very Democratic, Gore's status quo variation is also very conservative (with a small "c"). Old people and academics tend to support that sort of thing, and if Gore is a deft enough translator he'll be able to trumpet plenty of big-name endorsements...
...While this researcher-turned-CEO prides himself on the scientific developments his firm has made while working in the commercial sector, he may ultimately need the academic community's support to become a financial success...
...fans, including many of his former and current players, insist that while Knight may be a maverick with a short fuse, he's also an incredible coach who demands the best from his team and pushes them to succeed academically. And the numbers support those claims: Knight's teams have won three national championships and his players have one of the highest rates of graduation among Division One programs. It's the stories behind the numbers that make people nervous. He's been cited at least a dozen times during his career at Indiana for violent and/or threatening behavior toward...
Part of the blame, of course, lies with Knight's players, who have come out in droves to support him. Here's a coach who's made a career of intimidating players, coaches and staff, who's shown up to practices with his teeth bared while the pups on the court obligingly slink back with their tails between their legs. Why would team members who've been subjected to Knight's explosions be so eager to endorse his tenure as coach? No one knows the answer, but everyone has an opinion. It may simply be too difficult to speak...
...Vietnam War. (And, of course, the U.S. wasn't facing the prospect of hundreds of thousands of its citizens' dying of starvation back home.) The two countries exchanged heavy fire Tuesday as Ethiopia pressed its advance into territory seized by Eritrea in 1998, and the U.S. moved to win support for a U.N. Security Council arms embargo - having failed last week despite the direct intervention of a U.N. delegation led by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke to forestall the new outbreak. "Both countries face a famine and seemed to realize that they can't afford to divert resources into fighting...