Word: support
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That clamor came as several hundred fans, a marching band, and 43 female athletes used every last breath to support the women's swimming and diving teams. The teams were attempting to complete an undefeated season in a double dual meet with Princeton and Yale...
Through the early months of 1994, the Lindner lobbying juggernaut concentrated on building congressional support to pressure the Clinton Administration into action. From January to August, lawmakers of both parties bombarded Clinton and Kantor with letters demanding action...
Instead Section 6001 was inserted in the appropriations bill by Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, the Senate majority leader, to take the nation's scrap-metal dealers off the hook for millions of dollars in potential Superfund liabilities at toxic-waste sites. In doing so, Lott had the support of colleagues in both parties...
...harder, Casserly says, because an increase in accountability for superintendents has been accompanied by a reduction in their authority. Ten years into the movement toward academic standards, which most schools chiefs say they support, they are getting their own report cards based on how well their students perform on state and national exams. At the same time, many find they lack the power necessary to raise scores...
...high-strung enough for Mahler's angst-ridden emotional world, but he makes an impassioned impression all the same, and though he no longer has the brilliance and heft needed to sail effortlessly above the gigantic orchestra, who does? Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic provide solid support. A+ for effort...