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Word: supportive (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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...elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives, which form the Australian Parliament in Canberra, only one is Aboriginal, the brilliant and resolute young politician Aden Ridgeway. Aboriginal influence is exerted mainly through bureaucracy, committees and the courts; for political clout, Aborigines depend largely on the sympathy and support of whites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Australia | 9/1/2000 | See Source »

...thing is that "Really" could have been done well. Gore has committed enough flip-flops in his years of realpolitik to support a good hour of stand-up material. But I suspect that if someone had made a truly light, witty and funny commercial - the ad that this spot claims to be - it wouldn't have been red-meat enough to please the party hacks. Instead, "Really" sounds not just nasty but tone deaf, down to what should have been a classic punch line: "(Gore:) 'I took the initiative in creating the Internet.' Yeah, and I invented the remote control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dubya's Latest Weapon: The Hatchet Lady | 9/1/2000 | See Source »

...Gore and Bush, both support a national missile defense system; the intensity of resolve, however, is different. Gore is not necessarily prepared to step over Russian objections and violate the ABM treaty in order to implement missile defense, while Bush is reportedly willing to take whatever steps necessary in order to deploy the system. It?s not clear which position will win public support; Americans reportedly are in favor of missile defense, but almost no one seems interested in exacerbating strains between the U.S. and Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton to Successor: Missile Defense Is All Yours | 9/1/2000 | See Source »

...just the enormity of the contributions; it's the scale of the whole race: As if a statewide campaign is being fought on a national canvas and no one seems to think it's the slightest bit strange. In fact, every costly ad blitz seems to incite more vociferous support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take That, Hillary! Opponent Hauls in Cash | 9/1/2000 | See Source »

...able to support yourself doing these comics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q and A With Comicbook Master Chris Ware | 9/1/2000 | See Source »

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