Word: supportiveness
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...writing to set the record straight on the Bush Administration's policy of dealing with events in China since the tragic and violent repression of pro-democacy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square last June 3-4. The Executive Board of the Harvard Republican Club gives its full support and admiration to the Chinese students' courageous fight for liberty, as does President Bush. However, we feel that the editorial cartoon published in the Feb. 1 issue of The Crimson which blasted Bush for vetoing a bill allowing Chinese students to remain in the U.S. after their visas expire, overlooked some key facts...
...these reasons are true, would the bill draw such widespread support in Congress? Republicans and Democrats in both houses stood to gain politically by supporting the bill, for it is impossible to criticize their intentions. Democrats, especially, could get political mileage by equating a veto of the bill with a callous, cold-hearted President. But the legislation would have had serious consequences for our relationship with China, which over the past 20 years has been mutually beneficial, both economically and socially. As a State Department official said last July 13, "legislation such as this, which severely limits the President...
Although Wilson said that there will be no direct fundraising solicitation at the event, she said "we hope participation will be linked with support...
...they also reveal that campus gay activists damage their efforts to win much-deserved support when they attempt to protect sex in the Science Center bathroom, a practice very few people can defend...
...members of the executive board, we could convene an emergency session of the council and declare our emphatic support for clean water and internal mail, but we are sure that such action would lead to little tangible accomplishment other than another front-page Crimson headline. Instead, we are collecting all the relevant information and working out the details first, so that we can then bring a practical and feasible resolution to the floor for consideration...