Word: unpopular
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...succession of the 76-year-old strongman is further cause for anxiety. By appointing the unpopular B. J. Habibie as his vice president, Suharto has set the stage for a power struggle after he leaves office, says Dowell. And investors remember that the last power struggle in Indonesia -- which brought Suharto to power three decades ago -- saw hundreds of thousands killed...
...days when spinach, liver and other unpopular foods could be mocked with impunity may be past. Not surprisingly, other aggrieved vegetable and meat producers are lining up to sue. The nation's second food-disparagement suit, also to be tried in Amarillo, pits emu farmers against the Honda car company. The farmers say the emu was slammed by a commercial featuring a hucksterish emu rancher who promotes the ostrich-like bird as "the pork of the future." The ad never calls emu meat unsafe, but Fort Worth attorney John Scott says its portrayal of the birds as disreputable has dealt...
...surgeon, Seed grew up in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, where he was, by his own description, the most unpopular student in his high school. Why? "The same reason I'm unpopular here," he says. "I was loquacious, overly intelligent, well educated. I knew too much about too many things, and that angered other people." Seed graduated cum laude from Harvard and received a Ph.D. in physics in 1953. Soon, though, his interests shifted, and he began exploring the new frontier of biomedicine. In the 1970s Seed co-founded a company that commercialized a technique for transferring embryos...
Justin Danilewitz's recent column on chastity ("It Goeth the Way of Chivalry," Dec. 15) shows that he is a writer who is not afraid to address important issues and take a stand that may be unpopular...
...Netanyahu has convinced the Americans that with a budget vote coming up, this is not the time to pass ?unpopular measures? through his divided cabinet,? says Silver. ?He?s playing for time and the Americans are acquiescing.? Silver believes that, during meetings last week, Assistant Secretary of State Martin Indyk gave Netanyahu at least another month to come up with a plan. It was probably diplomatic tact that prevented Albright from taking the Levy option. Her only comment on the meeting: it was ?very pleasant...