Pierce wanted to run for re-election. Many northern Democrats,however, objected to his support of the pro-slavery legislature in Kansas.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

Lincoln also needed the support of the four slave states that had not left the Union: Delaware,Kentucky,Maryland and Missouri.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The president would have become, in effect,a prime minister, requiring the support of Congress to remain in office.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

She used the time in a hospital to write letters in support of an American Red Cross organization.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

German rocket scientists, with the support of the German government, had spent fifteen years developing rockets as weapons.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

He was concerned that he would lose the support of the scientific community if he revealed it.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

In Damascus,after Friday prayers, at least two hundred people demonstrated in support of the people of Daraa.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

He was honored for his bravery and honesty as well as his strong support of just causes.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

Amador used the money to buy the support of the Colombian military commander in Panama City,the capital.

VOA: special.2010.08.19

America's civil war in the eighteen sixties did not have the full support of the people.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

In fact, the program has won the support of his local representative in the state legislature.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

In return, Hayes agreed to end federal support of radical Republican governments in the south.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

The band is also making radio and live appearances in support of their new album.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

He would have to depend on the support of Congress to remain in office.

VOA: special.2010.01.28