Word: unpopular
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Unless both of these things occur, Israel's Supreme Court should grant Demjanjuk's appeal--regardless of how unpopular such a decision might be among Israelis, hundreds of whom crammed the movie-theater-turned-courtroom last May to applaud Demjanjuk's death sentence and rhythmically chant, "Death, death, death...The people of Israel live...
America has long believed in the theory that absolute job security increases the odds of independence and moral courage. College professors are granted tenure to ensure their right to voice unpopular opinions. Supreme Court Justices serve for life to free them from having to bow to the prevailing political winds. All these arrangements make sense, until one considers the curious case of the U.S. House of Representatives...
...rotten-borough system. In the four House elections since 1980, a total of 1,740 seats were at stake, yet only about 30 sitting Congressmen were defeated for reasons other than redistricting and ethics. Old-fashioned democratic reasons, that is, like having a strong opponent or taking stands unpopular with the voters...
...behest of Communist Party chief Wojciech Jaruzelski's government, which called for negotiations last August. Walesa is demanding that Solidarity once more be legalized and blames the government for "ruining" the country. The government insists that the independent union not return to the "anarchy" of the past, endorse unpopular economic reforms or participate in "nonconfrontational " elections. The initial face-off indicated that even tougher negotiations lie ahead as the two parties try to reach a reconciliation...
...president will bring the deficit down by over $70 billion during the next year remains a mystery. The expanding economy will lead to increased revenue in the coming year, but not enough to decrease the deficit as much as Bush has claimed. Bush has essentially left the politically unpopular task of deciding specific cuts up to Congress...