Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Congress, fathom the intricacies of finance. Many bankers contend that Patman thoroughly misunderstands how the U.S. banking system operates. They argue that some of his proposed reforms would yoke the Federal Reserve to policies of permanent inflation by depriving the board of its ability to take unpopular actions. Still, Economists John Kenneth Galbraith, Seymour Harris and several others support Patman's idea of placing the Reserve Board under presidential control...
...nation with trying to prettify what we have unwittingly done, although we have indeed assumed responsibility over there that we cannot honorably evade. We cannot honorably evade our responsibility by trying to make the Saigon government do what we with them could not. Nor can we use that unpopular government of ex-French officers to cover our retreat and prolong the agony of their people. Nor can we honorably leave those military leaders and their civil servants exposed to reprisals...
...Funeral Services would give you a $500 funeral absolutely free. Or you could have $500 off a fancier affair if you insisted on trimmings. Nick Daphne also provides free funerals to any San Francisco policeman or fireman who dies in line of duty regardless of the season; he is unpopular with his competitors...