Word: populars
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...order to prevent religious parties from coming to power, we enable far greater evils, such as sustaining dictators like Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak. The result is that we fail both to suppress religious groups and to promote democracy; religious groups merely become more popular, and Mubarak tightens his restrictions on freedoms. Yet our narrow mindset leads us to continue supporting the secular party even when indications that the religious party is more democratic come to light...
...campaign didn't endear him to his constituents either. "How can he identify himself as D-Conn. when he lives in Iowa?" asked a Connecticut Post editorial at the time. In the Quinnipiac poll, Dodd's approval ratings came in at a dismal 41%; that makes him even less popular than Joe Lieberman, the independent junior Senator who left the Democratic Party after losing his primary race and then crossed what was left of his party lines to endorse John McCain for President. "It's a legitimate question to ask; I'm certainly aware of [the polls]," Dodd says...
...Three have also outsourced much of the current fight over the California rules to the National Automobile Dealers Association, long-time critics of legislation. Dealers say they would wind up enforcing a "patchwork quilt" of state regulations, and that the California approach would force automakers to ration certain popular large models. Dolinger says the patchwork argument is nonsense because the rules imposed by the different states are exact copies of the California's regulations. "There is only one standard," he says. He adds that the regulations are also flexible enough to account for consumer preferences...
...officials to stage the first full-length Iditarod in March, 1973, in which Dick Wilmarth and his lead dog, Hotfoot, triumphed by covering the inhospitable terrain in 20 days. Since 1983, the Iditarod - the word is said to mean "distant place" in indigenous Alaskan dialects - has steadily grown in popularity, becoming both the most popular sporting event in the state and an international touchstone renowned for both the stamina it requires and the desolate beauty of the unforgiving terrain it covers...
Unfortunately for them, that nightmare looks like it may soon become frighteningly real. Against the wishes of the agency's popular new leader, the CIA is in the crosshairs of two powerful Democratic Senators who are determined to get to the bottom of the Agency's more controversial operations. And not even the White House has been able to get them to back off. (Read "Intelligence Lapses: The Risks of Relying on 'Chatter...