Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assure survival of Premier Giulio Andreotti's minority Christian Democratic government by a sophisticated tactic of "non-opposition" in the Chamber of Deputies. Berlinguer has had the P.C.I. Deputies (227 of 630) and Senators (116 of 315) abstain on key votes, thus lending implicit Communist support to unpopular government programs, including the stangata (sting)-the tough austerity measures that, among other things, have hiked the price of gasoline by 25% (bringing it to $2.25 a gal. for super) and increased postal, electric and telephone rates. Communist leaders argue that giving passive support to Andreotti is an important step toward...
After the vote Fox thanked CHUL for taking "an unpopular step, but one that in the long run will ease conditions in the Houses substantially...
...summer protests marked the third time in two decades that insurgent workers had illegally struck against unpopular government measures and won their case. Workers' demonstrations in 1956 and 1970 had even brought down the reigning party chiefs in Warsaw. This time, the present Polish party boss, Edward Gierek, survived the riots by immediately rolling back prices. Still, lingering discontent in Poland, tied to a worsening economic crisis, has produced the classic formula for rebellion. TIME Correspondent Henry Muller recently visited Poland to gauge the public mood as the nation entered what threatens to be a long turbulent winter...
...another, there are signs that the public at large has tired of the radicals' wearisome attempts to politicize every aspect of life in endless meetings and parades. Chiang Ch'ing was so unpopular, reported one Japanese correspondent from Peking last week, that "contemptuous laughter used to break out in the darkness of movie theaters whenever she appeared on the screen." For the past few months, there have been growing signs of a low morale in the country, of a yearning for stability and a better standard of living. Worse, there have been numerous reports of widespread lawlessness...
...making "a political football out of the defense budget." He recalled that the President at first considered cutting the Pentagon's budget proposal for fiscal 1977 by $6.8 billion. By Carter's account, Ford then gradually added back $6.3 billion for political reasons-$3 billion after his unpopular dismissal of Schlesinger, $1.5 billion after Ronald Reagan won the Texas primary and $1.8 billion on the eve of his narrow victory at the Republican National Convention. Actually, Ford asked for the $1.5 billion before the Texas primary; the appeal for $1.8 billion was merely a plea that Congress restore...