Word: unpopularity
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...whether or not the Palestinians people are riled up doesn't have an awful lot to do with Arafat's decisions, because he is a dictator. He?d have the backing of Israel and the U.S. if he went out and made hundreds of arrests. He's been very unpopular sometimes during his time in power, but he's never been under any real threat because he has this powerful backing and he controls the money...
...reason the Bush administration moved to develop a new package of sanctions was precisely that the current regime is full of holes, widely unpopular and steadily crumbling. Which may be why Saddam and even some of those states more sympathetic to Iraq's plight may be in no rush to reform them...
...have an announcement to make. I realize that it will probably make me very unpopular, especially at this particular juncture, what with "Pearl Harbor" out in theaters this weekend and everything. Heck, this little confession might even make me seem downright un-American. But I just can?t stay silent any longer...
Second, the Act would improve the quality of legal representation for indigent defendants in capital cases through federal incentives to states. Lawyers assigned by the court to these unpopular and unprofitable cases are often inexperienced, overworked or incompetent. It is little wonder that over half of all death sentences are overturned on appeal or after post-conviction review because of errors at trial...
They all knew it was ridiculous, Ambrose told Karen Tumulty, then with the Los Angeles Times, in 1992. "Bob wanted to turn the medal down ... It was just another night out," he said. "We just got hit." Kerrey and the others believed the "honor" was politically motivated: Nixon's unpopular war needed a few more heroes. Kerrey's buddies told him to accept the medal for the sake of all those who had fought and lost more than he had. Kerrey's sister Jessie Rasmussen says he was still struggling with a decision as the family gathered in Washington...