Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Koreans liked this evidence that the Americans really cared, they liked better the arrival of U.S. supplies to rebuild their country's shattered economy. The Communist Korean Government in the north was having its own difficulties; its food supply was shorter than that in the south, its regime unpopular with many of the people. But it had a Russian-equipped army at least 100,000 strong, and it did not have to contend with the confused intrigue of 200 political parties as Hodge did in the south. Nevertheless, there was still a chance, thanks largely to Hodge, that Korea...
...Senate can still bypass the Committee's shortsighted action by voting funds sufficient to keep America's views on the air, if only for a few minutes a day. It would mean taking a stand that is unpopular yet necessary, lest the world read more than a casual symbolism into the fact that America's radio voice has had its throat...
...Britain's hour of need for leadership, the Loyal Opposition does not want to take power. For one thing, most Tory leaders do not believe that the country would support them. If they did come to power, they would have to champion more of the same harsh, unpopular measures (including conscription) which have plagued Labor. A Tory Government would not be able to get as much cooperation from British workers as the Labor regime. Said one Conservative M.P.: "If we had won the 1945 election, we would now probably be in the middle of our second general strike...
Chief postwar problem of the diocese, says Bishop Batty mildly, is the tendency of chaplains to become unpopular in countries favoring Communism. But he emphasized that the duties of the English clergyman abroad are confined to the spiritual welfare of Britons, do not entail spreading the gospel. Batty's more poignant memories of Russia include the Russian clergy's "unfortunate custom of kissing each other when meeting. . . . This is all very well for the Russian clergymen, all of whom are well-equipped with long and spiky beards, but it can be most uncomfortable for a clean-shaven English...
Poor acting, bad staging, and a generally accepted opinion that the operatic form was not the most advantageous for Mozart's purposes kept his dramatic works relatively unpopular even in 1899, when Walter remembers having to play them to half-empty houses on the continent...