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Behind Carter's enormous new support is strong and specific approval of every one of his policy pronouncements on the foreign situation. Draft registration, which Kennedy apparently believed would be unpopular when he announced his opposition to it last week, is supported by 73% of those surveyed. Even voters 18 to 24 years of age approve registration, 64% to 12%. Among Kennedy supporters, 71% favor registration. Boycotting the Olympics is supported by 67%, the grain embargo by 86%, the embargo on the sale of technical equipment to the Soviet Union...
...nuclear weapons. Furthermore, Washington has reason to worry about the longevity in office of Pakistan's President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. Ever since he seized power 18 months ago, Zia has been promising to hold general elections-and then changing his mind. His martial-law regime is repressive, unpopular and potentially unstable...
Smith explains that the board wanted to give the new governor a chance. He added that if their own appointee had done a poor job, the board itself would be in an unpopular position...
...When change takes place in a country you almost see it as an enemy of the U.S. This has led you to cooperate with governments which were very unpopular. It happened with Somoza with the Shah of Iran. You cannot conceive that a revolutionary government may have friendly relations with the U.S. Yet how can the U.S. be hurt if we are able to develop our country? Look, Cuba already has the best educational level and the best health rate in Latin America. We have solved the problems of unemployment, beggars, prostitution. No other people in Latin America have solved...
...boycott idea proved unpopular with most governments. The Netherlands, however, has stopped funding its Olympic teams, and Canada has expressed strong interest in a boycott...