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• a  furnishing support or assistance
  a supportive family network
  his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer

• What are some of your favorite examples of meaningful, supportive communication? Most of the important things are more about being than doing: be there, be generous.
• This summer, some 10,000 Russians will head to a summer camp north of Moscow run by Nashi "Ours" in Russian a youth group supportive of President Vladimir Putin.
• Kennedy would later recall how the people pressing around him at street level were wildly supportive, while some white-collar workers high up in the buildings above were making .

• unsupportive

News & Articles

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• Breakers feel Blue after home loss
  SOMERVILLE — Home turf and a supportive audience weren’t enough for the Breakers against Sky Blue FC last night at Dilboy Stadium. The NWSL leaders handed the Breakers their first home loss, a 3-2 setback before a crowd of 2,687. “They are leading the league and there is a reason they are leading the league,” said coach Lisa Cole after the Breakers (3-4-3) saw their winless skid hit four matches ...
  June 17, 2013 - Boston Herald
• Palatine Plan Commission Awaits Supportive Housing Details
  Members of the Palatine Plan Commission will hear preliminary plans on creation of a supportive housing facility for individuals with disabilities on Tuesday, June 18.
  June 15, 2013 - Journal & Topics Newspapers
• Supportive Singles to meet
  Supportive Singles will gather at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Fremont.
  June 11, 2013 - Fremont Tribune

Quotes

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• Charlie Rangel in The Associated Press
  There's been a force out there. People feel they have to say something supportive,Rangel says as he walks through the Capitol's underground subway.
• Arlen Specter in CNNMoney.com
  NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter said Tuesday the mood in Congress "candidly is not supportive" of automakers seeking a bailout package of $25 billion in loans.
• Charles Schumer in Reuters
  He said that fiscal stimulus is certainly needed and that he would be generally supportive of the Congress and the president enacting such a stimulus,Schumer said. "He said that while he wasn't going to endorse a specific plan, if an...