Word: unpopularities
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...give up my aspirations to serve my country." But hidden within these traditionalist sentiments, attributed to Zhu Haihong, a student studying in the U.S., was a subversive message. When the Chinese characters are read diagonally from upper right to lower left, a slap at the country's repressive and unpopular Premier becomes clear: Li Peng must step down to appease the people's anger. The secret slogan is the talk of Beijing. Meanwhile, enraged government officials have launched an investigation into the "political accident...
Some professors praise Bok's system of reading tenure candidates' work carefully, and then referring their cases to special ad hoc committees. These professors say that Bok's final decisions are relatively free of bias, even though they may be unpopular...
...committees have produced some extremely unpopular decisions, and critics have charged that they merely exist to maintain the status quo, which is slanted against junior faculty...
...York City. Police were trying to enforce an unpopular curfew on Manhattan's Tompkins Square Park, and hundreds of protesters had gathered on Aug. 6, 1988. Without warning, a wave of cops tore into the crowd and began clubbing and kicking demonstrators and bystanders alike. A video artist taped scenes that became key evidence in a trial of five officers. Though none were convicted, the top cop at the park that evening retired, and the police commissioner publicly criticized the actions of New York's finest as leading to unnecessary confrontations...
...business groups have met with failure in earlier attempts to seek relief from the court, they were heartened by indications that, given an appropriate case, the Justices might rule in their favor. Their disappointment last week was shared by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. "Juries are permitted to target unpopular defendants, penalize unorthodox or controversial views, and redistribute wealth," she wrote in a dissenting opinion. "Multi-million- dollar losses are inflicted on a whim...