Word: supportive
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...purpose of the alternative senior gift is twofold. It provides people with an opportunity to come together as a class to support important causes, and it sends a message to Harvard that it has to earn our financial support and that its current policies and initiatives do not warrant the kind of gift we are being asked to give," Orr wrote in an e-mail message...
Question 5 on the Massachusetts ballot is by far the most complex of the proposals. If passed, it would create a Health Care Council that would review and recommend health care system legislation to ensure comprehensive and high quality health care coverage for all Massachusetts residents. Although we support the spirit of this proposed law along the vein of universal health care, we are wary about its logistical implications and fear that the result may render a state health care system worse off than the one that exists today. We support the pretense of the proposal, especially that...
...support Question 8, which would change the laws that govern drug-dependency treatment and create a Drug Treatment Trust Fund. This fund would include fines paid under the state's criminal drug laws, the money used in connection with drug crimes and the proceeds from property sold because of connections to drug-related criminal activity. Question 8 represents a smart and efficient drug strategy that provides cost-supervised treatment for drug offenders rather than time in prison, which has proven to be a less effective form of rehabilitation for low-level drug offenders. This proposal also protects drug-offenders from...
...first concern is for the safety and welfare of both victim and community--ensuring immediate help and ongoing support to the victim, and urging on all members of the community the importance of safety and security measures," she wrote in an e-mail message...
PLAN: Oppose vouchers. Allow parents to choose best public school, or publicly accountable charter school, for their child. Support standardized teacher testing, accountability. Provide report cards on individual school performance. Invest $115 billion in rebuilding schools and updating technology...