Word: support
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...mutilated tens of thousands more people than Slobodan Milosevic's forces ever did. The U.S. moved Monday to shore up the beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping mission to the war-torn west African country by offering to fly some 700 troops from Bangladesh into Sierra Leone, and also to provide logistical support should nearby Nigeria choose to resume its policing role in the former British colony. But another 700 troops is unlikely to make much difference to a U.N. force, which, by its very nature, is only designed to keep the peace between two sides who're committed to an agreement - which...
...couple of important ways, Mamani is unusual. As a Peruvian, he is outside the main markets of Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil, which together account for more than 75% of Latin American Web users (Brazil alone has 55% of them). And while the money he makes is enough to support his wife and three children, it does not place him anywhere near what Latin American marketers call "Class A or Class B"--the wealthy or at least upper middle class that makes up the bulk of online traffic...
...done a complete about-face on immigrants, from fearing them as low-wage rivals of American workers to viewing them as potential union members. The labor federation is even whooping up support for a legislative amnesty that would lift the fear of deportation from the estimated 6 million illegal immigrants now in the U.S. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has virtually stopped raiding businesses to look for undocumented workers. "It is much easier to find work now than ever before," says Josefina Diaz, a native of the Dominican Republic who cleans offices in midtown Manhattan. "It doesn't matter...
Mock, who grew up in a welfare home, had struggled for 17 years to support her family with no child support from her divorced husband. She had held a variety of short-lived jobs and had collected welfare for periods that added up to eight years. By last October, she had just about given up hope of employment, partly because she had not developed any skills in the 20 years since her high school graduation. After Oakland Community College contacted her for a training program it runs with Kelly Services, she missed her first interview, telling herself, "This...
...voter" - the same ones W. was decrying as nefarious Democrat poachers during the primaries - to beat Gore. McCain is looking to get back into the Republican church. That's why he'll not only come out for Bush but will also be seen hitting the stumps all summer in support of GOP House and Senate candidates who could use some of that Straight Talk magic for their own crossover yearnings. "He needs to show he's got chits in the party," says Carney, if he wants to increase his leverage in the Senate - or run for the nomination again, Reagan...