Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...required political courage to cling to an increasingly unpopular policy. Yet there is also something discomforting, and a measure of his insecurity, in the defensiveness of a President who acknowledges that his words might not be believed and explains that "I do not ask you to take what I say on faith." Essentially, Nixon restated his determination to disengage from Viet Nam gradually and to end the war in such a way that "each one of us will come out of this searing experience with a measure of pride in our nation...
What makes the Sheik so unpopular with West Pakistanis is the fact that for more than 23 years he has been the leading advocate of purbodesh (regional autonomy) for East Pakistan. In last December's elections, purbodesh was Mujib's chief issue. After visiting the cyclone-devastated Ganges Delta region just before the general elections, he declared: "If the polls bring us frustration, we will owe it to the million who have died in the cyclone to make the supreme sacrifice of another million lives, if need be, so that we can live as free people...
...Pentagon. One purpose was to give foes of the program a chance to be seen and heard; the documentary itself was followed by previously taped attacks from Agnew and others. The firepower being employed by both sides reflected the vital interests involved: the reputation of the military during an unpopular war, and the integrity of the editorial process employed in TV news...
...placed the university in an impossible position, and you and members of the YAF are assuring that there will be trouble on campus this spring. I see no conceivable way in which bringing dozens of students, who have the popular sentiment on their side, in front of the already unpopular CRR could not have serious repercussions and unrest...
...petition seeks to uphold the right of speakers to talk "on any subject, however controversial" and the right of students to hear "any speaker, however unpopular." Although opposing any attempt to prevent "the free expression of opinion," the Winthrop House petition does not offer any disciplinary suggestions...