Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet Union also has a flawed record. Since World War II, a dozen countries have come under Communist rule. The mystique of socialism - the dominant ideology of the Third World - has given the Russians close ties there. But somehow the Russians have trouble enlarging their footholds. They seem unpopular nearly everywhere they go. In the Middle East, where they once threatened to become the Big Brother of the Arab world, the Soviets have been kicked out of Egypt; relations with both Syria and Iraq have chilled. Despite ample military aid to leftists in Mozambique, Angola and elsewhere, they...
...pushing through major bills and tying up loose ends. To keep the Social Security system solvent, the House passed a measure that would triple taxes by 1987?and will alienate a lot of voters long before that. Whether the Senate would go along?or even face up to the unpopular issue? before adjournment was questionable. The House also served bold notice that it would not even consider a routine military-aid appropriation for South Korea unless the Seoul government began to cooperate with the congressional investigators of influence peddling on Capitol Hill...
...matter how unpopular it may be, is nevertheless a partisan of the Catholic cause. The army, with its strong anti-Catholic bias, is an antagonist, as are the Protestants. Most Catholics feel that the IRA is no more murderous than its enemies. The IRA is no more murderous than its enemies. The IRA is an organization of "their boys," Catholic boys. In a situation where moral choices are no longer black and white, loyalty to the religious group is an instinctive and natural reaction...
Binnie said he approved of the increase in dormitory space available for transfer students, but added that "the Quad is traditionally unpopular and the University solved the problem of empty rooms by sticking the transfers there...
...general, mellifluous names tend to have passive or negative meanings, and the macho names tend to sound like sharp, short yelps (Bart, Kent, Mac, Matt, Bill, Nate). Despite Bogart, Humphrey retains its depressing image ("terribly unpopular, sedentary"), but Sophia Loren has influenced her first name, which now means "a bombshell." Gina, Brian and Douglas are among the most dynamic and positive names...