Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with his tactful eloquence and for being "so human," he has been the friend and confidant of the royal family-except for Edward VIII, who called him a "sanctimonious humbug." He also is strong-willed and not afraid to speak his mind, even went to the unpopular extreme of defending his friend Kaiser Wilhelm during World...
...people of Finland are not afraid of realities, but we cannot much longer continue to bear the burden of a costly war, our second in less than three years. Now that we have attained our strategic goal, why continue the increasingly unpopular and costly...
Finger on the Pulse. The country liked to see the unpopular and fearsome Mr. Lewis take a pratfall. But the public's applause had reservations. If Murray was now really in control of C.I.O., what could the U.S. expect from C.I.O. in the critical months to come...
Scotland Yard optimistically reported a 1% decrease in general crime over last year. But, as in the U.S. mass evasion of the unpopular Volstead Act, official figures were unreliable. Police have access only to cases where a complaint has been registered, a culprit booked. The chief evidence of character-loosening was conversation: Topic No. 1 (the war) had been pushed into the background by Topic No. 2 (how to beat the rationing restrictions...
...insignificant mastodon up and slew in combat the mighty tyrannosaurus rex, the favorite has taken a licking. Look at Goliath, for example. All we know about him is that he was "of great size" and a "champion of the Philistines." Obviously he was a good man, if a bit unpopular withal. And then up steps, that little upstart of a David and overthrows him by means that even a Yaleman wouldn't sink to. Goliath is undoubtedly one of the most abused characters in history, just because his enemies happened to write about...