Word: unpopularities
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...smiling as she carried a bag over her shoulder full of newspapers. Always, she has maintained this kind of composure and conviction in the face of, at best, grudging tolerance or, more usually, as in the days when democracy for women was still opposed, when she felt herself unpopular, radical and ridiculed...
...book published last week, The Grand Jury: An Institution on Trial, U.S. Judge Marvin Frankel and Attorney Gary Naftalis conclude: "The Grand Jury has served too often to harass the unorthodox and the unpopular." Several reforms suggested by Frankel and Naftalis appear in a bill submitted by U.S. Representative Joshua Eilberg. The proposed law would...
...decided to delay for a year, until the fall of 1979, a scheme to impose heavy taxes on large "gas-guzzling" cars and redefined guzzlers as cars that get 15 m.p.g., v. 18 m.p.g. as in the Administration's plan. Most severely, it rejected the Administration's unpopular attempt to raise federal gasoline taxes as much as 50? per gal. during the next 10 years. At week's end Carter accused Congress of bowing to oil and auto lobbies, and said citizens would suffer because of "the special-interest victories...
...XXIII himself made it clear that he favored Paul as his successor, papal attempts to influence future elections have usually been ignored by the cardinals. Aside from that, Benelli's style in taking the heavy administrative burden from Paul's shoulders has made him probably the most unpopular man inside the Vatican. He dislikes delegating authority, busies himself even with such trivia as the allocation of Vatican apartments, and has trampled on a good many official sensibilities. And he is too new a cardinal to be Pope any time soon...
...subjects that have little to do with economic development are preoccupying the leaders of Asia. Both issues have been raised by the Carter Administration, both are unpopular, and both cause deep concern. They are the proposed withdrawal of U.S. ground troops from South Korea, and the abrupt new emphasis on human rights...