Word: supportive
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...awarded the Academy of American Poets' Tanning Prize for established mastery in the art of poetry. Her support for feminism has lasted at least as long as her poetic career, and her work is known for its powerful denunciations of gender injustice...
There was much talk yesterday of Ralph Nader's impact, whether his grassroots support might pull votes from Gore, thus throwing key states...
...takes at least $1 million to secure an initiative's spot on a ballot, which means special-interest groups like the teachers' unions (which fight tooth and nail to defeat voucher initiatives), as well as wealthy individuals like Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen (who spent $8 million to garner support for public funding of a new Seattle football stadium), have become a significant force behind the seemingly endless array of propositions littering state ballots nationwide...
...Drug treatment vs. incarceration: CALIFORNIA's Proposition 36 would essentially reform the state's attitude toward nonviolent drug offenders, offering rehabilitation in lieu of jail time. This initiative is gaining widespread support from prisoners'-rights advocates and opponents of the so-called "war on drugs" who believe the current prison culture does nothing to address the cycle of drug addiction. This initiative mirrors similar drug-policy reform efforts in Massachusetts, Oregon and Utah...
...Israelis are waiting to see what Arafat will do, because he has to find a balance between the great public support for the intifada and the realization that Palestinians can't carry on with military action without receiving some kind of nasty surprise from the Israelis. When Arafat and Peres met, there was a sense that things were spiraling out of control - shootings of Israeli security guards in Jerusalem, the shooting of three Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and a stepped-up response by the Israeli military. So there was a realization on both sides that things aren...