Word: support
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...poets and writers who have the opportunity to submit their work to the various literary publications on campus, student playwrights don't have many avenues that allow them to exhibit their work to their peers. Edith Bishop '00 explains, "I think it's important that the theater community show support for playwrights. It's important to celebrate all parts of the artistic process." Bishop's play, Hurricane Journals, concerns one woman's efforts to comes to terms with the loss of her childhood through a friend's death. Combining extensive movement sequences with scattered journal entries, the play employs...
...right will likely have lasting effects on his campaign, as future primaries will be less influenced by the votes of independents. A primary system that encourages candidates like Bush to appeal to the extremes of their party does a disservice to those candidates with more widely distributed support...
...South Carolina as a candidate who understood the realities of American politics. The religious right is not as strong nationwide as it is in South Carolina, and despite his conservative voting record in the Senate, McCain is the only candidate in the race, on either side, to have sought support from members of both major parties. In the Michigan primary, where McCain won a reasonably narrow victory, more Democrats and independents voted than Republicans...
...Michigan, as will be the case in New York and California on March 7, Bush would have won by a 2-to-1 margin. The primary system tends to push candidates to the extremes, and Bush seems willing to go with the tide. To rebuild his base of support after his New Hampshire loss, Bush made a strong swerve to the right in South Carolina on issues like abortion. Evangelist Pat Robertson stumped for him in the Michigan race. Even McCain is polishing his conservative credentials, emphasizing yesterday that he is a "proud pro-life conservative Republican." It would...
...troops around, but it can't afford to risk the humiliation of losing a military standoff - and it's far from a foregone conclusion that China's military has the capacity to overrun or even intimidate Taiwan, particularly if the threat of imminent force compels the U.S. to signal support for Taipei. And despite its nationalist pride, Beijing well knows the potentially catastrophic economic consequences of confrontation with the West. Whatever they may wish for, Taiwan's leaders are fully aware of the extremely limited international support for independence - they're much better off goading China and then casting themselves...