Word: supportive
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...another it will send a message to state courts--either one of support, or one of 'we've got our eye on you and don't go too far,'" she said...
Gore, Joe Lieberman and campaign chairman William Daley spent Friday working the phones, calling moderate Democratic House members and Senators, shoring up support. But even Gore's legal team was aware of the dangers. Imagine the perception, an adviser noted: "Al Gore lost the election but won it back in a lawsuit." He added, "I don't think his support will collapse immediately, but there's got to be some real concern about a guy who lost the initial returns, the automatic recount, the first certification and the second certification...
...under constant stress; they deal with angry and violent parents and are expected to find placements for children when there aren't any appropriate homes available. It's no wonder there is a turnover rate of 70%. The only answer is increased funding to supply the resources, training and support that foster-care agencies need. This will help ensure that children are provided with the competent and caring social workers and foster parents they deserve. CAROLE WESTERMAN Monterey, Calif...
...happen to like Miranda. I happen to support legalized abortion. But many citizens don't. And they rightly feel aggrieved that these momentous decisions were made by unelected grandees in black robes. (The U.S. is the only Western country to have legalized abortion without the consent of its legislature...
Sibylla is a single mother in London with a surplus of brains but a deficit of funds and support. Her son Ludo--the result of a one-night stand with a man Sibylla calls Liberace on account of his mawkish mediocrity--is some kind of insatiable genius; the minute he learns one thing, he gobbles up the next. "I taught him to count past 5 and he counted up to 5,557 over a period of three days before collapsing in sobs because he had not reached the end...I taught him to add 2 to a number...