Word: unpopular
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...rise in the age of Eisenhower and for a time was a fervent red hunter, an admirer of Senator Joe McCarthy and an overall basher of the left, as here in a radio broadcast of 1953: "While nobody likes a watchdog, and for that reason many investigation committees are unpopular, I thank God for men who, in the face of public denouncement and ridicule, go loyally on in their work of exposing the pinks, the lavenders and the reds who have sought refuge beneath the wings of the American eagle and from that vantage point try in every subtle, undercover...
...another unpopular personnel move, Riley brought in Nelson Ostiguy, whom he had known in the state police, as a "consultant" and head of the detective division and special operations...
...that wasn't the only occasion when Rosen was unafraid to stand by his unpopular political views...
...corridors of power he is recognized as a capable bureaucrat, and someone who in recent months has quietly become a presidential favorite. As head of the Federal Security Service, the successor to the kgb, he was a hawk during the war in Chechnya. And he remains deeply unpopular among Russian officers for the way he sent a covert force into Chechnya at the start of the war and disowned the troops when they were captured. His most recent jobs--first as Interior Minister, then as Deputy Prime Minister--have clearly labeled him as one of the few men Yeltsin trusts...
...group they observed could raise her status by getting a boy to spend money on her and break up with another girl for her--and then dump him. Another clique member told a researcher that "one of the main things to do is to keep picking on unpopular kids because it's just...