Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...April 1979, after Pakistan refused to submit its nuclear development program, widely considered capable of producing atomic bombs, to international inspection. The Reagan Administration views Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan, as a bulwark against Soviet expansion in the region and argues that building a security relationship with the dictatorial and unpopular regime of General Mohammed Zia ul-Haq is the best way to persuade Islamabad to curb its nuclear ambitions...
Lenders like the new mortgages because they do not have to worry about the loans becoming unprofitable. Many financial institutions today still have mortgages on their books at 6% interest, at a time when they are paying 17% or more to depositors. But the variable rate loans are unpopular with borrowers because of the uncertainty over the level of monthly charges. The payment on a $60,000 30-year mortgage at 9% is $483, but that same loan at 15% would...
...Horkenbachs of Royal Oak, Mich., agree. "We hated it," says Renette, 31, of her family's seven-month, $7,000 experiment in Sunbelt living. In Houston, her firefighter husband "had to pay extra to get us on his health insurance," their utility bills were "exorbitant," and Yankees were unpopular. So when Robert Horkenbach was offered his old job back in Royal Oak, he took it. "No way" will they again leave their familiar Michigan turf, says Renette-even though Robert again faces a familiar Michigan layoff. -By Claudia Wallis. Reported by Christopher Redman/Detroit and Robert C. Wurnrtstedt/Houston
Mostly, the Green Berets resent the way their mission has been portrayed back home, where the legacies of Viet Nam have prompted apprehensions about possible American involvement with another unpopular and perhaps doomed regime. "What hurts is the lack of support from the people in the U.S.," says one stocky Viet Nam veteran. "They see us as hit men-macho guys with knives in our mouths and grenades in each hand, looking for someone to kill. That's not what we were trained...
...Soviet Union, where contraceptives are both unpopular and hard to obtain, the average woman has six abortions in her lifetime. In Kenya, where a man's wealth is often measured by the number of his children, the average woman bears eight children. In Mexico City, where herbal abortifacients are sold in markets, four out of five beds in the Woman's Hospital are filled by women suffering complications after illegal abortions. In Italy, where abortion has been legal since 1978, Pope John Paul II condemns even contraception, fueling fierce political debate...