Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Presumably, the majority next year could refuse to take ads from all those political candidates it does not endorse, as well as ads from the John Birch Society, the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party and numerous other exponents of unpopular philosophies. Having decided--contrary to all established principles of journalistic ethics--that sale of advertising space is tantamount to endorsement, it still might have a little difficulty separating the claims of free speech from those which are, supposedly, incorrect in their views. We hope that it might reconsider its stand in the near future, before reality intrudes--because these situations...
Kathleen Duey '79, president of the club, defended the decision to invite Nixon. "Of course he'll be controversial, but in order to be fair, we shouldn't consider the fact that he's unpopular in giving him a forum," she said yesterday...
...Russians clearly expected that Reed would be convicted, thereby justifying their charge that the U.S. crushes dissent. Unfortunately, the jury acquitted Reed and his codefendants. The singer himself hailed the verdict as a "courageous and unpopular decision." The Soviet press reported the acquittal but then fell silent-presumably waiting for another victim of American injustice...
...crop supports were unrealistic and inflationary. She told women's groups that she favored the Equal Rights Amendment but was against extending the time limit for its ratification. She told teachers' groups that she opposed a separate U.S. Department of Education. She supported the Panama Canal treaties, which were unpopular in Kansas. Speaking from her experience as a former aide to retiring Kansas Senator James Pearson, she contends that the Senate is a bloated "bureaucracy in itself," loaded with too many staff people who isolate Senators from their constituents...
...LATEST OUTBREAK of salmonella at Kirkland House last Friday forced University officials to take a number of steps to stop the infection from spreading, including the unpopular move of banning all interhouse dining. University Health Services administrators' recent decision to lift the interhouse ban tomorrow indicates they believe the threat of infection is past, just days after they emphasized the possible dangers of widespread salmonella infection...