Word: unpopular
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...Winthrop House. The Crimson sat down with Rove for a brief interview before the event. The Harvard Crimson: President Bush’s approval ratings are now in the low 30s. Why do you think his approval ratings are so low? Karl Rove: We’re in an unpopular war, and he’s been on the receiving end of constant attacks over the past three years from Democrats, including a whole field of Democratic presidential contenders. History is going to judge him, and the American people will come to judge him very favorably for having done...
...fiascos, it earlier denounced efforts by Menard and fellow activists on March 25 to disrupt the lighting of the torch in Greece in March. At that time, the spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, Qin Gang, said that "any act to disrupt the Olympic torch relay is shameful and unpopular." He also warned "that competent authorities in countries through which the torch relay will pass have the obligation to ensure a smooth relay." Chinese officials, one presumes, are less than impressed with the efficacy of French and British security officials...
...said. Gittens, who parks in Harvard Square about twice a week to attend classes, said that public transportation is “unreliable” for the hours when she is required to travel to and from her home in Mattapan, Mass. While the decision may be unpopular, Jillson said she thinks it will not prevent people from getting around in Cambridge. “After all, it is the best walking city in the country,” she said, citing Cambridge’s recent appearance in the health-orienated magazine Prevention...
...Kenyans that even opposition leader Raila Odinga, who narrowly lost a disputed presidential election to incumbent Mwai Kibaki in December, had to dial back his distaste for the offering. Once he realized that the sale would go ahead, it became obvious that standing in the way would be deeply unpopular among supporters who wanted to invest. "Mr. Odinga has always supported the privatization of Safaricom but has objected to secretive manner in which it was conducted," Odinga spokesman Salim Lone said. "He did not want his supporters not to buy something that other people in the country - poor people with...
...debatable contention might erode, and soon: yesterday, it was reported in this paper that Harvard’s undergraduate acceptance rate this year has sunk to nearly seven percent, a record low. This news came in the wake of the administration’s rightly unpopular decision to eliminate the transfer program for the next two years. Harvard’s gates are closing quickly, to the inevitable benefit of those few best equipped to claw their way in: those, that is, with ambitions and resumes as worrying as they are sprawling and meticulous, or aristocratic origins to which...