Word: supportive
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...pray. Like Quayle, Cheney has come to be seen as a drag on the ticket, violating the first rule of veepdom: Do no harm. First, there was his uncompassionately conservative record, voting no on everything from Head Start to college-student aid to the Older Americans Act, which offers support services to the elderly. This prompted the joke that Cheney's never met a welfare program he liked. When the New York Times examined his stint at Halliburton, it found that he was more an ambassador attracting business through government contacts than a hands-on executive...
...nation's poorest in your plans. Policies that could help those at the margin include a rise in the minimum wage to a livable standard; guarantees of safety for their children and of a quality education; a reform of the penal system and its rehabilitation programs; and support for families, whether in helping them retain a family farm or reunite with relatives wishing to immigrate here...
...Gore has an advantage. Partially because of Democrats' continual support for spending money on schools and teachers, likely voters tell pollsters they are more sympathetic to Gore's proposals...
...against the people should be read as coming from Milosevic himself. Some may have speculated that Pavkovic is looking for a place in a Kostunica government, but there's no chance of that. He was Milosevic's choice to head the army, even though he enjoys little support within the ranks. And he actively campaigned for Milosevic...
...fact that the Orthodox Church has come out in support of Kostunica was also to be expected. They actively supported the 1996 protests against Milosevic's attempts to steal the municipal elections...