Word: unpopularity
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...Katangese invaders had obviously been trained and armed by the Angolans and their guests, the Cubans, with the support of the Soviet Union. At little cost or risk to themselves, the Cubans and the Soviets seemed to be using the Katangese rebels to try to overthrow Mobutu, an unpopular pro-Western leader who has at least managed to hold his sprawling, tribally divided nation together for nine years...
Nelson is a working class radical, not a fashionably left celebrity or secure academic, and he has sacrificed any chance for a comfortable, secure life in the support of unpopular causes. Few people recognize or appreciate the work Nelson and his fellow radicals have done and this seems to be a price he willingly paid. He does not speak harshly about his disappointments or opponents and instead, looks at the fruit which his actions helped to bear. What Nelson says about the effects of the brigade's actions in Spain on changing American opinion towards fascism small way we helped...
...unique composition of the Back Bay population serves Frank's interest. With high percentages of gay, elderly and student voters, Frank can pursue his generally unpopular stances with little fear of losing votes. A South Boston representative could not vote for a gay rights bill without seriously jeopardizing his career; Frank, on the other hand, is encouraged to stand by his unusual candor and beliefs. The other representative from the Back Bay, Elaine Noble, campaigned as an acknowledged lesbian. The Back Bay also has a great deal of housing and traffic problems Normally, they would be referred to a councilor...
...invading exiles. One reason is that income from Shaba's copper mines is vital for his financially shaky country. Another is that any sign of yielding could invite similar demands from other regions of Zaïre, which has some 200 tribes. A corrupt dictator, Mobutu is unpopular-even hated-in much of the country. In the wild northeast, for example, he is accused of being responsible for ordering the murder in 1961 of Patrice Lumumba, the region's popular leftist martyr. This rancor has reportedly been translated into aid and recruits for guerrillas. How his enemies will...
...Hans A. Linde, disapprovingly: "A generation of Americans was brought up to believe that all law and all wisdom come from these nine men in a marble temple." Even some liberal state court judges appreciated the trend, preferring that federal judges, appointed for life, take the heat for sometimes unpopular decisions advancing minority rights...