Word: popular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...transfer of power went smoothly, in what the International Control Commission called "an admirable spirit of understanding and tolerance." A Foreign Legionnaire hauled down the Tricolor; a band clanged and rataplanned La Marseillaise; popular Commanding General
...this country, which I, as chief of state, will do my best to promote." "Distensione" is Italian for easing of tension, and its advocates mean by it not only coexisting with Russia as a nation, but coexisting at home with sweet-talking fellow travelers in an old-style popular front...
There is no possibility of 18-year-olds being able to vote before the city and town elections in 1959, however, since Massachusetts law requires that constitutional amendments be approved by two consecutive joint conventions and a popular referendum...
...resources of federal and state governments, the capital of private foundations is meager. But there are legitimate areas of giving in which foundations can make a great contribution. While government action may be bound by considerations of public policy, foundations can often risk unpopularity by undertaking necessary research. Where popular complacency could bind government to inaction, studies by private groups like the Fund for the Republic can break down some of this complacency...
...French have claimed that Diem's government does not adequately represent the sentiment of the people of South Viet Nam. Yet Bao Dai surely does not hold a very high place in popular affections, as one can judge from the open hostility with which large segments of the Viet Namesse people greeted his entrance into the recent conflict. And none of the boisterous contending religious sects has shown any great concern for the welfare of the country as a whole. Obviously it is dangerous to place too much reliance upon a single man, as American foreign policy...