Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That instant of military glory unalloyed was the last in the nation's memory. The horror of Hiroshima and Nagasaki accompanied the defeat of Japan. Korea turned into an unpopular, slogging stale mate. Viet Nam has divided the nation and stained the military's proud escutcheon...
Afro-Saxon Leaders. After three days of negotiations, the government agreed to sack an unpopular army commander, and the mutiny flickered out. Four persons were killed during the week; of the army's seven reported casualties, one had received a shot in the hand, another had sprained an ankle, and a third had suffered a case of "exhaustion and constipation...
...insist its members. It can, to be sure, still pin a Communist label on any group, but it cannot name individual members. In fact, the board has become a monument to futility-and to the courts' determination to defend the rights of all individuals, even those who are unpopular...
...Ethel Rosenberg because their second request for habeas corpus raised a substantial question that the court had not previously considered. The attempted impeachment died in the House Judiciary Committee, and Douglas continued to join Justice Hugo Black in vigorous dissents urging the protection of the rights of the unpopular. In cases involving free speech and assembly, Douglas has argued that the First Amendment is intended to protect everyone, including "miserable merchants of unwanted ideas." Direct action, he conceded, is quite another matter...
...support of and complicity with the Greek regime has made the U. S. unpopular not only with the Greek people but also with the nations of Western Europe. The Council of Europe has proved through its Commission on Human Rights that torture in Greece does not occur in isolated instances, but is a policy of the Greek government. This revelation led to the expulsion of Greece from the Council of Europe, in spite of U. S. lobbying against expulsion. The Bonn government is threatening to break diplomatic ties with Greece, also to the displeasure of the U. S. Most importantly...