Word: unpopularity
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...Jose Maria Aznar, the British leader has been blindsided by the revival of the Franco-German alliance, manifested last week by the joint declaration of French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder of their opposition to military action. If Britain is yoked to the U.S. in an unpopular, messy war, it is France and Germany--not Britain--that will shape the future...
...Having the Labor Party as a coalition partner rather than right-wing and religious parties even more hard-line than Likud therefore gives Sharon the domestic political cover to make decisions unpopular with his own base but necessary for his ties with Washington. Indeed, Mitznah's presence in the government would make managing the relationship easier for the Bush administration too by offsetting any domestic pressure in the U.S. against restraining Israel's more hard-line instincts - better to have the Israeli government drawing its own red lines by virtue of a coalition agreement than imposing those red lines from...
...Jose Maria Aznar, the British leader has been blindsided by the revival of the Franco-German alliance, manifested last week by the joint declaration of French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder of their opposition to military action. If Britain is yoked to the U.S. in an unpopular, messy war, it is France and Germany - not Britain - that will shape the future...
...companies that make products for consumers--a Nike or a Procter & Gamble. A lot of times, we have the technology for a better, more sustainable raw material that they can use. Nike, for example, is a consumer-product company, so just as soon as some particular component becomes very unpopular, they switch pretty quickly. That's why socially responsible investors and environmental groups are good. They put pressure on the system. They put pressure on the consumer-products companies, which keeps us all honest and working in the right direction...
...victims, and victimism exploits its position by calling for greater “diversity” in the community in which the victim exists. Likewise, BLSA members have advocated greater diversity in the student body and faculty at the Law School. But that very diversity normally brings individuals with unpopular views into the academic community, precisely the views the proposed speech code would attempt to silence. Thus, the call for diversity is actually disingenuous—what speech code advocates really want is a greater representation in their community of individuals who hold the same, not differing, opinions as them...