Word: support
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...service to Western ideas on how the Russian economy should be reformed. But the systematic international humiliation that Yeltsin?s approach brought for the erstwhile superpower reached a breaking point in the Kosovo crisis. After the U.S. bombed a Russian ally over Moscow?s objections, Washington enlisted Yeltsin?s support to broker a peace deal that saved NATO from having to go to ground war and then immediately violated the terms of that deal by taking unilateral control of the province and sidelining the Russians...
...Whether or not she gets that, such an announcement would further highlight the split between the Bush-backing GOP establishment and maverick John McCain. More important: The endorsement blocks the Dole surname from landing in the McCain camp. Bob Dole has long shown a desire to support McCain, his former brother-in-arms on the Senate floor, and Liddy's siding with Bush now makes that unlikely...
...back throat cancer 18 months ago, was planning to host a giant millennium bash at his estate. Instead he spent New Year's Eve in the hospital with his wife. He also got a little help from former band mates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, who issued statements of support. Said McCartney: "Thank God that both George and Olivia are all right...