Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Watson would not say how many freshmen had applied to each of the Houses. "That is strictly confidential information," he said. "We are trying to avoid this sense of 'popular' and 'unpopular' Houses...
...curbs on outside activities by Justices and full disclosure of incomes. The Senate will almost certainly give greater scrutiny, for a while at least, to presidential appointments to the high court. That is probably all to the good, but the Justices may also find themselves under personal attack for unpopular decisions. The long-range result of the Fortas case could be a more vulnerable judiciary...
...done it again! Here is my theory: De Gaulle wants Pompidou as his successor. He requests Pompidou to resign, with this idea in mind, allowing Pompidou to disassociate himself from the most unpopular problems faced by De Gaulle. Pompidou's figure is kept well within the public eyes. De Gaulle calls for a referendum. If he wins, he can nominate Pompidou as his Premier and successor. If he loses, Pompidou is not hurt by the results and is still the most prominent candidate to succeed De Gaulle. One way or the other, as on almost every occasion...
...economy slide downhill for more than a decade. In 1967 alone, the rate of inflation was 135%, and the government ran short of retirement funds. Tough, recent measures taken by Pacheco Areco have slowed inflation to just over 6% for the past nine months, but at the highly unpopular cost of wage and price controls and curbs on strikes. The Tupamaros have not been able to persuade Uruguay's powerful Moscow-oriented labor unions, with their 240,000 members, to make common cause. Even so, they can rely on a fertile popular base as long as the economic squeeze...
MAKE IT THE MOST UNPOPULAR, MOST UNPLEASANT THING...