Word: supportiveness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" The equivocator would answer it in this way: "Some people believe that David Hume was not necessarily a great philosopher because his thought was merely a reflection of conditions around him, colored by his own personality. Others, however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse in either case, merely the old problem of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In any case...
...Church support for fair elections is a newfactor in the political equation here, where thechurch has not been as influential as it is inNicaragua or El Salvador...
Though we support the right of Alumni Association officials to actively campaign for their own candidates for the Board of Overseers, we do question the use of personal attacks and comments gratuitously linking the opposition with communism by men who are paid officials of the University or who have been appointed to represent all University alumni...
...surprise announcement, Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci told the council that he had discussed ways to improve the city's rent control system with Michael H. Turk and William S. Noble of the Cambridge Tenants Union. Vellucci indicated the two would support a means test--which would link tenants' eligibility for rent control to their income...
...when Yanow told the council that she had received commitments of support from six councillors, Independent Councillor Thomas W. Danehy immediately replied that he had not spoken with her. He then proceeded to question his Independent colleagues...