Word: endearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Winning the cost-efficiency prize did not endear me to my co-workers, and interaction was often tense. Eight of us worked within 25 square feet, each slowly frying under the super-heat lamps designed for the chicken orders. I tried to avoid discussing the outside world...
...President's most recent machinations will not endear his Administration to minorities any more than the Bob Jones controversy did. As long as the Administration tries to castrate this civil liberty, what has been formed the President's "crisis of confidence" in his commitment to minorities continues unabated...
Even within the system that they profess to despise, the youngsters have their sympathizers. Says Hans-Jochen Vogel, 55, the former S.P.D. mayor of West Berlin whose lenient approach to local housing squatters did nothing to endear him to already disenchanted voters in last May's local election: "There is definitely a youth protest that has spread all over. The real problem is understanding the motivation behind the movement. I see a lack of credibility among the young toward politicians and all things political, a feeling that too much of their life is administered for them...
...world apart, they collaborated in writing Intelligent Life in the Universe, still probably the best treatise on the prospects for extraterrestrial life. As a planetary expert, Sagan was called upon by NASA to act as an adviser and scientific investigator on unmanned space missions. He did not always endear himself to the space agency. One irritant was his outspoken opposition to the moon landings. Robots, he argued, could do the job better and cheaper and with no risk to life...
Throughout much of his campaign, Anderson has boldly staked out positions on issues that offer a clear third choice. The fact that they may not be popular did not deter him. His 50?-per-gal. gas tax, which would be used to cut Social Security taxes, did not endear him to the nation's automobile owners, but would force the U.S. to restrict its driving and hence its dependence on Middle Eastern oil-a goal that seemed especially worthy last week as the war in the gulf continued. Anderson's opposition to the mobile MX missile...