Word: popularly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though unable to unite Pakistan's fractious opposition parties, Bhutto stumped the country, drawing bigger crowds than Ayub. His militant nationalism and fiery rhetoric made him a popular figure in the universities. For his part, Bhutto hinted privately that he was counting on popular unrest to give him a boost in next year's elections. The riots upset that timing...
Yellow Yankee. Last week, Okinawans voted in the first popular election of a chief executive permitted by the U.S. command since World...
...consequent loss of prestige. Yara's election is a sharp reminder to both Sato and the U.S. of an approaching deadline for resolving the question of Okinawa's status. The U.S.-Japan Mutual Security Pact is due to be reviewed in 1970, and could face massive popular opposition if a date for Okinawa's return is not set by then...
Blunden's revival technique in this historical novel is remarkably restrained. Even when dealing with the ship's celebrated Captain James Cook, he has refused all concession to the popular taste for heightening drama and homogenizing history. As a consequence, the book may be read only by Blunden's fellow countrymen in Australia-a land so new and short on history that its people tend to brood protectively over what little they have-or by students interested in Cook's voyages. But this would be a pity. Dry and slow as the book often is, Blunden...
Rosemary's Baby--Dangerously misdirected by Roman Polanski, irritatingly acted by Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes, shoddily filmed in grainly bleached-out color, vehemently hated by your friendly Crimson reviewer, but far-and-away the most popular film of the year. See for yourself. At the ESQUIRE, Mass. Ave. on the Boston side of Harvard Square...