Word: supportive
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...manipulation of the debate process for political advantage (Editorial, Sept. 13). In fact, both parties use presidential debates and the bipartisan (but not nonpartisan) debate commission to exclude smaller party candidates from the political process. The commission's current criteria for inclusion in the debates is 15 percent support in several pre-debate polls. This makes it impossible for a candidate, without a large amount of money to spend and without the free publicity the major party candidates receive from the news media and from convention coverage, to use the debates to introduce him or herself to the electorate...
Africana.com does not publish banner ads on its website and had hoped to support itself through sponsorships, using public television as a model. At the time of the sale, AT&T had signed on as their first major sponsor...
...other four freshmen provided immeasurable support coming off the bench. As one of the team's top reserves, midfielder Orly Ripmaster notched eight points on the year, including two goals against Cornell that garnered her Ivy Rookie of the Week honors in October. Fullback Katie Urbanic and forward Caitlin Butler each registered points in their rookie campaigns as well, and Amy Cooper competed in seven games as part of a talented corps of midfielders...
...Wish Upon a Star As befitted an evening of heavyweight entertainment industry support for the Democrats, the musicians were introduced by a plethora of movie stars. Some, such as Michael Douglas, Jessica Lange and Harrison Ford, showed seasoned chops in blending introductions and political endorsements. Lange spoke to the need of women to protect Roe v. Wade; a downbeat Ford expressed his belief that Gore is committed to campaign finance reform, and that the exorbitant sums both parties raise could instead be channeled to the causes that really need and deserve such money...
...Some of the younger actors who were making their first forays into presidential politics were effusive yet almost charmingly unprepared for the task of public endorsements. Julia Roberts explained her support for Democrats over Republicans by way of her study of the definition of those two words in the dictionary. Her line that she found "Republican" right between "reptile" and "repugnant" was a an easy crowd-pleaser, but seemed oddly incongruous in the new Lieberman era. Salma Hayek was so enthused with saying "Al Gore rocks!" that she walked offstage forgetting to introduce the next act, and had to dash...