Word: supportive
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...course, puts him on a collision course with Washington, which recently leaned on Arab allies such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to open OPEC's spigots to ease U.S. gasoline prices, which had climbed past $2 a gallon. While the Saudis and others more directly dependent on U.S. military support may be more receptive to pressure from Washington, Castro pal Chavez wants the additional revenue of higher oil prices to finance his domestic social programs, and he's inviting OPEC heads of state to Caracas next month for their first meeting in 25 years to firm up their unity. After...
...opponents are doing more than throw parties to line up support. They are handing out real cash...
...progress report from George W. Bush. Maybe we can have one from America's Promise. If we are still building more prisons than classrooms, I want to be there when Powell tells the G.O.P. that the good-heartedness of volunteers and the generosity of corporations and the support of faith-based charities haven't been enough. That there are pieces of the problem needing more, not less, government. Then I'll be listening for the applause...
...strike, and has been for 14 weeks. She and some other white-collar workers at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City are striking to raise the base pay from $17,000 to $20,000 and retain medical and other insurance benefits. The strikers have the support of prominent artists (like Sol LeWitt) and filmmakers (like Steven Spielberg). But the MOMA brass remain firm. "We think we've given a generous offer, and we're competitive with others in the field," a spokeswoman says...
None dispute that this cannot last. Where technicians quibble is the exact future points of resistance on the upside and support on the downside. Is the pennant symmetrical, ascending or descending? Let them quibble. Suffice to note that as the range narrows, we get closer to declaring a winner in the bull-bear tug-of-war. A textbook reading, says Richard McCabe, chief market analyst at Merrill Lynch, is that by late August, the pattern will be broken, the Dow's new direction evident...