• In the Pew poll, the rise in the number of those who support war if allies agree roughly reflects the drop in the number of opponents.

    ECONOMIST: Americans and Iraq

  • He said Scotland's firefighters are prepared to take action in support of their colleagues if the situation is not resolved quickly.

    BBC: Threat of Scottish firefighters' strike

  • Americans are more certain in their support of Mr Bush, though of course this might change if, as in the Vietnam war, the conflict dragged on and the American casualties mounted.

    ECONOMIST: Those awkward hearts and minds

  • But if the IRS acted without direction from above--if it "went rogue" against the Constitution and in support of the party in power--then we are dealing with a cancer on the federal government.

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  • In its ruling, the federal court has disagreed with that analysis, saying that being forced to participate in military misconduct, even if it stops short of a war crime, may support a claim to protection in Canada.

    BBC: Canada ruling boosts US deserter

  • Women were most likely to say they had the kind of facilities and support for the type of birth they wanted if they did not give birth in hospital, leading the NCT to renew its call for all women to have the choice of a home birth and access to a midwife-led unit.

    BBC: NHS failings 'cause Caesarean hike'

  • Almost all carers questioned in the survey agreed a life of their own would be achievable if they received breaks, a decent income and were given support in times of crisis.

    BBC: Carers 'get no respite from role'

  • At the moment it looks as if the evidence the Americans provide in support of their view will be similar to the evidence they have provided so far to the world community.

    BBC: US develops response to Iraq report

  • No matter how gracious we are towards Middle Eastern countries, no matter how much we back away in our support of Israel, no matter if we withdraw all our troops from Saudi Arabia, Osama bin Laden, Imad Mughniyeh, Ayman Al Zawahir, and other radical Islamic psychopaths will never be satisfied.

    FORBES: Remembering 9/11: Turning Box Cutters Into Plowshares: Part 2, The Solution.

  • Traders need to have key support levels in front of them and see if any leading stocks or sectors can go green!

    FORBES: Italy Rates Top 7%, Stocks In Tailspin

  • Or position the bolster in front of regular pillows as extra lumbar support if you want to assume a more upright position to devour Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl" or use your laptop.

    WSJ: Bolster Cushions Win Best Supporting Rolls

  • Some delegates wanted to drop any hint of endorsing violence but others said that Fatah would lose even more support if it seemed to roll over in the face of Israel's strength.

    ECONOMIST: A Palestinian congress

  • Only 26% say they would support reform if it led to a decline in their real income of more than 5%.

    FORBES: Climate Change Policies OK, So Long As It's Tax Free, Poll Says

  • If Mr Trimble wins the support of his party council, he will still need the support of party members in the Northern Ireland assembly if his government is to work.

    ECONOMIST: Trimble��s gamble

  • His hated security service seems to be pitted against the more respected army, which could yet step in initially with popular support, if it stems the flow of blood on the streets.

    ECONOMIST: Tunisia and the Arab world

  • No wonder many leading Democrats (such as Al Gore and Joe Lieberman) are making it clear that they support a change of regime in Iraq, even if it means going it alone.

    ECONOMIST: The Democrats

  • With his gift of gab, Obama could also offer the Iranian protest movement a tad more support in the form of a name--if not something for the Iranians themselves, then at least something Americans could latch on to.

    FORBES: Freedom's Edge

  • But he said progress could only be achieved if public support for green measures was sustained in the face of a recession and existing commitments not abandoned.

    BBC: Miliband: Criticism 'part of job'

  • If one should occur, support may break off in favor of former prime minister Lee Soo Sung, who lost on the first ballot but retains the loyalty of many of the president's key backers.

    CNN: Change at the Top

  • If you believe in the benefits of energy innovation, support national security or consider climate change to be a non-negligible threat to our planet, you need to stop listening to Al Gore and start reading Adam Smith.

    FORBES: America's Other Energy Revolution And Why It Matters

  • Taylor said he would only support the introduction of a similar rule in English football if he "felt encouraged by all my black players or black players who are qualified coaches and feel they have not been given proper opportunities".

    BBC: Paul Ince

  • But I want to say emphatically that if the president had not done what he did in support of both Chrysler and General Motors our country would have lost millions of jobs and, you know, the technology in that particular industry allows us to put our foot in a lot of the different industries around the globe.

    NPR: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing On City's Crisis

  • But he also warned that parents needed support if adoptions of "some of the most vulnerable children in society" were to work.

    BBC: Adoption map launched to encourage would-be adopters

  • "The vast majority of people in this country will support the idea that if people get benefits from the state, they owe some responsibility in return, " he said.

    BBC: Party leaders clash over crime

  • "The sense of entitlement, that because someone has a child by a wealthy parent, that they should receive child support as if it were alimony, is really a foreign concept in terms of New York law, " he said.

    WSJ: Looking to Raise a Child on $47,000 a Month

  • There had been no children, although she had wanted them, and often since had thought that in spite of having to support them she might have done better if children had been there to make a center for her life.

    NEWYORKER: The Woman of the House

  • In fact, we could be part of the support for Greece, if necessary.

    ECONOMIST: Rigidities in the labour market make recovery even harder

  • In a dozen states men continue to accrue child-support obligations if they are in prison, from which they can emerge owing thousands of dollars.

    ECONOMIST: America's jobless men: Decline of the working man | The

  • Lord Marks was speaking in support of an amendment which would enable the health secretary to intervene if he or she thought the Board was failing in its duties.

    BBC: Peers clash over role of health secretary

  • No one, however, wants matters to drag on: the Zapatists risk losing support if they linger in Mexico city, and the government at the end of March wants to start on tax reform, a pillar of Mr Fox's ambitious plans for Mexico.

    ECONOMIST: Subcomandante Marcos: the Mexican grand tour

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