Word: unpopularities
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...Baker, who had a sporadic career at Northeastern and never did get his degree, feels that the campuses are radically changing. "Colleges seem to be back into having a good time," he says. "The fraternities are back. They were really big for a long time and then became unpopular when everybody became politically aware. It's gone back to a more happy atmosphere. It's fun to go to college again. For a while there everything was so serious that it wasn't fun--at least I didn't think...
...should be a unique system of voting: Proportional Representation (PR). Designed to give minority candidates a better chance in elections, PR was used by some 25 American cities at the turn of the century. However, it was abandoned almost everywhere when it worked too well, aiding the election of unpopular minorities...
...minorities are the life-blood of Cambridge--blacks, landlords, the rich, Italians, students, the poor, Catholics, intellectuals, etc. Since each minority is equally unpopular and equally strident in its demands for a share of political power, PR remains in Cambridge, its last pure bastion in the country...
...King, though relatively powerless, has great prestige with the people. With the support of key military officers, he used the revolt as a lever to pry the unpopular Thanom from office. The students clearly had won a stunning victory. Cheering and pounding on the sides of commandeered buses, they sped through Bangkok waving Thai flags and holding up portraits of the King...
Israel has provided 80 escort officers, including the movie star Haim Topol, to act as translators and tour guides to combat zones approved by Israeli security. As an added fillip, the military press liaison runs daily tourist buses from Tel Aviv to the Golan Heights, but this service is unpopular with many reporters. "I wouldn't get into one of those coffins with masses of correspondents," says New York Times Correspondent Terence Smith. Indeed, on one trip, bus drivers ventured too close to the battle line and came under Syrian air and artillery attack. Only poor marksmanship averted...