Word: populars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...separate opinions in the court's 1972 decision, the overall vote to suspend the death penalty was 5 to 4. Since then, 34 states have passed new laws trying to meet the various objections raised by the Justices. That in itself seems to indicate that there is substantial popular sentiment for execution in certain specified crimes-a point that could influence the court. Moreover, retired Justice William O. Douglas, who broadly opposed the death penalty as cruel and unusual punishment, has been replaced by John Paul Stevens, whose legal philosophy is more moderate than that of his liberal predecessor...
...Popular Idea. In the abstract, the notion of restraining-or at least reshaping-the Government is a popular idea these days even with many liberal Democrats, who have scented the same political winds as Ford. What is more, the President's conservative budget will certainly help him against the conservative Reagan. But it is also certain to embroil him in sharp battles with Congress...
...their precinct caucuses. But a straw poll of 583 voters-in 2.5% of all the precincts-was taken at 62 precincts. President Ford was favored over Ronald Reagan by a mere 45% to 42.5%. It appeared to be a setback for the President, who had the backing of popular Republican Governor Robert...
American officials said that Kissinger had used "brutal" terms in warning Brezhnev that Soviet backing of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola was endangering détente. The officials refused to say what, if anything, Kissinger extracted from the Soviet leader on the Angola situation. Perhaps significantly, however, they said that the U.S. will watch closely in the coming weeks to see if the Soviet leaders exert pressure on Fidel Castro's Cuba to withdraw any of its 10,000 troops, which have helped the M.P.L.A. gain the upper hand against two U.S.-backed factions...
...Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (M.P.L.A.) delivered some devastating military blows to its opponents last week. With Cuban "freedom fighters" doing more and more of the fighting, the Marxist-oriented regime of Agostinho Neto in Luanda seemed on the verge of eliminating one of its rival factions and at least neutralizing the other...