Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...halt the unpopular farm collectivization program at its present level (about 10% of East German farmland...
...bumper wheat crop, with the carryover, would give the U.S. the greatest supply of wheat in its history, and almost certainly force the Agriculture Department to cut back wheat planting next year-an unpopular move with farmers. But it seems unlikely that 1954 production could be shaved by more than 15%. The House Agriculture Committee last week approved a bill barring the Agriculture Department from cutting minimum acreage below 66 million acres (v. 55 million under present law), although acreage allotments have been under 66 million in five of "the six years in which they have been imposed since...
...concentrate on careful reading of the two tough propositions he wanted to make clear. The propositions: 1) because the Communist danger is still very real, the Administration has decided on a policy of no tax cuts until next January (TIME, May 25) and must ask Congress to extend the unpopular excess profits tax when it expires next June 30; 2) because the danger is without visible end, the U.S. must trim back to a defense force which it can support economically, must cut some $5.2 billion out of the Truman defense budget-mostly from the Air Force...
...amiably. Afterwards, Quirino announced that Romulo would head the Liberal Party's Senate ticket. "I like his spirit," said Quirino. But soon Carlos Romulo was also listening to advice of the Senate minority leader, Liberal Tomas Cabili, who thinks corruption in Quirino's administration has made Quirino unpopular with the people...
...link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic and open the Midwest to world commerce. But railroads, private power companies, Atlantic ports and Gulf Coast ports have fought the idea with bitterness since its inception. Seaway plans, furthermore, have included a vast public hydroelectric project, which was not only unpopular in many quarters in the past, but brought the cost of construction close to half a billion dollars. Congress has turned down one seaway proposal after another...