Word: support
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Barkley advocates improving campus social life by decentralizing the Council's role. He wants to give more support to House Committees and create a similar body for first-years--all in the belief that the most effective planning occurs on the small group level...
...want groups to support us, but not because our agenda is 'pro-debate club' or Republican Club specific," he said...
Nonetheless, Barkley enjoys strong support from conservative students--a group that has been influential in past elections through its manpower...
...Kimball Brace, was breathtakingly inept: The bedraggled wonk spent most of his time on the stand fumbling with 40-year-old voting machines and inadvertently shaking handfuls of chads onto Judge Sauls' desk. By the time Bush attorney Phil Beck had finished his cross examination, Brace had failed to support his theory that there might be structural problems or inconsistencies with the left-hand side of the Votomatic voting machine. He'd also all but admitted there was no reason to doubt the canvassing boards' ability to count their own votes - effectively undermining Gore's charge that a brand...
...president plenty of openings. To be sure, the PRI's power structure was built on an elaborate system of patronage, and being in opposition considerably diminishes the party's ability to deliver to its regional and local baronies and fiefdoms. That will allow Fox to bolster political support for his own programs by going directly to PRI governors and congressmen and offering them deals that will help their states and districts in exchange for political support...