Word: minirevolt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...chief of the Times Paris bureau. A number of jaws went slack at the news that an "outsider" was moving into one of the paper's choicest overseas jobs. "It is an unusual situation," conceded Foreign Editor James Greenfield, while denying rumors that the appointment had caused a minirevolt. A few local employees of the bureau consulted their union about whether they could resign as a group without violating their contract. (They could not.) Correspondent John Hess-the chap who had locked the door-asked for and received a transfer back to New York. Was Lewis concerned about...
Although the minirevolt against Agnew's selection may have satisfied bored delegates' desire for combat and excitement, it was not only futile but unwise as well. Both party tradition and U.S. history since Aaron Burr's day dictate that the President must have a No. 2 man whom he wants and trusts. And if by some fluke the convention had forced Romney or someone else on Nixon, and the ticket had gone on to win, the unwanted Veep could have looked forward to even more frustrations than the incumbent normally suffers...