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Binnie said he approved of the increase in dormitory space available for transfer students, but added that "the Quad is traditionally unpopular and the University solved the problem of empty rooms by sticking the transfers there...
...general, mellifluous names tend to have passive or negative meanings, and the macho names tend to sound like sharp, short yelps (Bart, Kent, Mac, Matt, Bill, Nate). Despite Bogart, Humphrey retains its depressing image ("terribly unpopular, sedentary"), but Sophia Loren has influenced her first name, which now means "a bombshell." Gina, Brian and Douglas are among the most dynamic and positive names...
These sentiments had become unpopular after then Party Chief Nikita Khrushchev in 1956 exposed Stalin's campaigns of mass terror against innocent Soviet citizens. In his celebrated de-Stalinization speech, Khrushchev cited the national anthem as an example of the dictator's passion for self-glorification, calling it a "clear deviation from Marxism-Leninism, debasing and belittling the role of the party." After that, the lyrics were never sung, although the tune was occasionally played on state occasions and at sports events...
Creation of the "Witteveen facility," as the emergency pool has already been dubbed, will greatly expand the IMF's rapidly growing importance as lender of last resort to countries about to go on the rocks -and demander of unpopular economic steps that nations must take to qualify for their loans. That is a role that was never planned for the Fund when it was created at the Bretton Woods, N.H., international monetary conference in 1944 and would have seemed unlikely even four years...
Shattered Pride. Meanwhile, the army was assigned the unpleasant task of maintaining the peace. The soldiers, whose pride had been shattered by the 1971 defeat, once again found themselves taunted and reviled by demonstrators for supporting an unpopular government. "Zia, Zia, be-hiya [Zia, Zia, shameless]!" became a popular slogan against the army leader. Four brigadiers and several dozen field-grade officers in Lahore resigned rather than follow orders to fire on unruly mobs...