Word: discontentment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rabbit may be stuck in the midlife doldrums, but Rabbit Is Rich positively hums with vitality. As a novelist, John Updike has never seemed more confidently in control of his material: in this case, an eerily representative American soul undergoing a summer and winter of discontent. Catastrophe no longer dogs...
Any changes that the House and Senate finally agree to make in the new farm bill will undoubtedly be relatively minor compared with other domestic cuts. But the heated debate on the Senate floor last week indicates a growing discontent with the favored status farmers enjoy in receiving protection from...
Much of this new stress on ideology and discipline has puzzled analysts who expected a period of relaxation to follow the harsh crackdown earlier this year. One possible explanation for the campaign is the leaders' concern that any slackness could produce the kind of discontent that erupted during the...
Even so, a 35% leap in petroleum prices eroded his popularity, and, as inflation soared and public discontent grew, Kriangsak stepped aside in March 1980 in favor of army Commander in Chief and Minister of Defense General Prem Tinsulanond. Prem soon had his own problems, especially after a leading group...
Although there is no immediate threat to Thatcher's tenure, the debate showed that the Cabinet could rebel against her if there is no economic improvement by next spring. Says one minister: "Things will never be quite the same after last Thursday." A growing number of Conservative backbenchers fear...