Word: unpopular
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...Criticized as an "executive lynching," and a "despotic usurpation of power," the decision was widely unpopular among blacks and Northern whites. Even Roosevelt's ally Washington, who as a rule never spoke publicly against the president, opposed him. "Brownsville was an unforgettable shock. It erased any illusions about Roosevelt's benevolence created by the dinner at the White House," noted historian Louis Harlan in his 1983 biography of Washington. Roosevelt chafed at accusations that he dismissed the men because they were black and insisted that his decision was based solely on his "convictions." The Richmond Planet, a black newspaper, observed...
...word letter in Arabic dated July 9, 2005, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al- Qaeda's No. 2, tells al-Zarqawi that Iraq is ripe to provide popular support to Islamic militants. He also adivses al-Zarqawi to stop beheading hostages because it was unpopular with the Muslims. U.S. intelligence says that this provides a look into al-Qaeda strategy in Iraq...
...Holt ’64 wrote in another unpublished letter to the editor that he would no longer be donating to Harvard, protesting Summers’ ouster. “The resignation of Dr. Summers indicates to me that Harvard has become a place where vigorous debate, examination of unpopular ideas, and critical thinking are less valued than political correctness, where courageous leadership is not to be preferred over extreme caution to avoid offending anyone,” he wrote. “So be it. Henceforth, when the alumni fund solicitors call, I shall not donate so much...
...recent years, all that has changed. With an unpopular war fought on false premises, attacks on our personal freedoms, inadequate responses to environmental and immigration concerns, and growing deficits that hinder our ability to offer adequate public services, it has become obvious that Washington is not now capable of providing legitimate answers to the problems of social inequity that leave so many Americans behind...
...changed no one’s mind. Life went on as before. As students, we were proud of Harvard and its administration for its steadfast support of the notion that the function of a university is to be a marketplace of ideas, where any viewpoint, no matter how unpopular and even dangerous it may seem, is entitled to be heard with respect. We believed, as did the men and women who taught at Harvard, that the antidote for hateful ideas was the expression of other ideas. We thought that was the right way to deal with the ideological crises...