Word: unpopular
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TELEPHONES. The dismantling of Ma Bell in 1984, the result of a Government antitrust suit, is probably the most unpopular deregulatory move. According to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll published in April, 59% of consumers think the breakup was a "bad thing." One emerging problem is the perceived decline in the quality of the nation's telephone service since the Bell system was broken up. Customer complaints and confusion are at an all-time high...
When Chief Executives involved the nation in serious conflicts, however, Congress was generally willing to endorse their actions, usually after the fact. And when Presidents did get the U.S. into wars that had the potential of being unpopular, no constitutional crisis occurred because the U.S. always...
...Governing Body of the Jehovah's Witnesses for unspecified damages, citing her emotional distress. An appeals court in San Francisco, upholding a previous ruling by a federal district court, has turned away Paul's suit. The Constitution's guarantee of "free exercise," said the appeals panel, applies even to unpopular groups and practices and "requires that society tolerate the types of harm suffered by Paul." Responded Paul: "Jesus Christ never shunned anyone...
...have become nationally renowned monetary policymakers. Volcker may have earned an even mightier reputation for bringing the inflation rate down from 13.3% in 1979, the year he was appointed, to 1.1% in 1986. He consistently managed to persuade the other Fed governors to go along with tough and often unpopular policies. His skills with the board, the public and politicians inspired Economist Jack Albertine, vice chairman of Chicago-based Farley Industries, to call Volcker the "shrewdest bureaucrat in Washington since J. Edgar Hoover...
...FORCES IN South Vietnam seem to be trying everything short of outright fighting to stem the growing strength of the guerilla revolt. But plush relocation camps to concentrate the peasants and helicopter supply lifts cannot sustain unpopular President Diem's rule without direct U.S. military support. Even such military action, however, would be likely to succeed only in the distant future. If U.S. policy continues, as guerilla fighting spreads and more American troops pour into Vietnam, the U.S. will doubtless be involved, in a shooting capacity, with a long and messy jungle...