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...attempt at such widespread controls, however, gives little ground for encouragement. The Committee of Public Safety of the Congress did place controls on a list of goods, mostly of West Indian origin, at the beginning of hostilities. The attempt proved unpopular and hence unenforceable, and only tea and salt still remain on the list...
...also unpopular in many working-class towns. Lots of people have relatives in America, and they feel as abused as the Colonists by King and Parliament. Army recruiters are lucky if they escape unharmed in some places. In one town the whole recruiting party was severely beaten and its drum was broken to bits; several other towns have agreed not to send even a single man into service. One officer writes about the "invincible dislike of all ranks of people to the American service." John Wesley, the Methodist leader, who is not himself pro-American, has written to a friend...
...radical. Proclaimed Gaullist Deputy Hector Rolland: "This bill should be thrown into the oubliette, from which it should never have escaped." Worst of all, from Giscard's standpoint, Gaullist Premier Jacques Chirac maintained a conspicuous silence during the entire controversy, apparently trying to distance himself from the unpopular tax measure...
...broadcast an open-house image of consensus, they deny sharply that Bok is merely a high-level mediator who keeps the boat from rocking too much, who uses the skills he learned in his labor experience to keep his central administration running smoothly. After insisting that he does make unpopular decisions for which there is no compromise solution, Bok adds, "I don't think, on the other hand, that compromise should be a dirty word...
Berry reversed the findings, saying that Verr had had "no intent to deceive." But it was an unpopular decision, and Verr's troubles were only beginning. He found himself shunned by many of his classmates, although the practice-known as "the silence"-has been officially banned at West Point since 1973. In that year, wide publicity was given to the case of Cadet James J. Pelosi, who was subjected to this treatment for 19 months after having been reinstated on a legal technicality, although he had been convicted of an honor code violation. Referring to Verr's experience...