Word: unpopularities
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mostly because of the civil rights issue, States-Righter Goldwater is almost as popular as Kennedy is unpopular. A couple of small signs of Southern political times: in Miami a newspaper ad for PT 109, the movie about Kennedy's wartime exploits, included: "For those patrons who are not J.F.K. supporters, we have free Goldwater bumper strips." In Thomasville, Ga., a theater operator advertised: "See the Japs almost get Kennedy...
France's Jacques Anquetil, 29, is the world's best bicycle racer-and one of its most unpopular athletes. A one-time baker's helper from Sotteville (literally: Stupidville) in Normandy, he makes a fetish of independence-testily ignoring fans, truculently snubbing opponents, even going so far as to wear his watch on his right wrist, simply because most people wear theirs on the left. Critics complain that Anquetil "does not like to suffer" (a quality Frenchmen demand in heroes) and that he races "like an accountant" (always conserving his strength, never taking risks). "Jacques," his coach...
...turn the tide in a way that they least desire. Last week, for example, Harlem's Democratic Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. made a West Coast speech touting the Administration proposals, boasted (falsely) that he had authored at least half the package himself. Since Powell is the most unpopular person on Capitol Hill, his claim may lose votes for his cause. Beyond that, the leaders of several civil rights organizations have recently urged a massive Negro march on Capitol Hill to demand passage of the President's legislation. It is unanimously agreed by legislators of all political stripes...
...reason for the delay was fairly obvious. As a union organizer the woman had to spend most of her time with the Negro community and consequently became unpopular with the whites. Neither she nor her two Negro partners came from Kent County, and the team was called "a group of furriners" by the local newspaper. The white community might be unwilling to act violently toward her but it wasn't about to help her out when she got into trouble...
Governor Rockefeller has now demonstrated in his private life the qualities which I have most admired in his public administration: the courage and determination to pursue an unpopular and politically harmful course which he considers right and necessary. I'll vote for Rocky...