Word: popularity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...campaign fortunes will almost surely seesaw. Both Carter and Kennedy may at times look unbeatable, then be beaten. After New England come primaries in which Carter now appears to be invincible: Florida, Alabama and Georgia. In these states, as in most of the old Confederacy, Kennedy is about as popular as cold grits. Says Richard Dick, a high Virginia Democrat: "Kennedy's coattails in this state would work like a noose, strangling our candidates." The first real showdown may come when both candidates face off outside their home regions, in Illinois on March 18. The challenger got a significant lift...
...Blotner's notes make clear, Faulkner accepted editorial quibbles and orders to revise or rewrite with little complaint; it comes as something of a surprise to watch the future Nobel laureate acceding to the demands of the popular press. As a result of such proddings, Faulkner's magazine stories were usually simpler, more straightforward and less resonant than his finest work. Reprinted in Uncollected Stories, these early versions inspire a sense of deja vu, for Faulkner frequently expanded and reshaped his published stories and inserted them in novels. A tale of his called The Bear appeared...
From its storefront office on 9th Avenue in New York, the organization tries to educate people about the hard-core pornographic culture many of them, especially women, never see: how its violent and misleading images of women filter down into popular culture like record and fashion advertising; how these images promote stereotypes about female sexuality; and how pornography encourages male violence toward women. WAP members quote studies which claim that more than half of all child rapes are committed by men who say they are "trying out" techniques they saw in hard-core magazines and books...
Reischauer said an assasination had become more likely recently as the only way to depose Park. Although the South Korean opposition party beat Park in last December's election, Park's 1972 constitution enabled him to retain control of the national assembly. Reischauer also pointed out that a popular uprising was impossible as long as the military supported Park...
South Korea's economy grew faster than any other nation's in the last decade, and Reischauer said this led to some popular support of Park, but ultimately his rule relied on military power...