Word: unpopularity
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...Borana in Kenya and Ethiopia, for instance, regard eclipses as an evil omen. Even if nothing untoward happens after the event, they may use it as an excuse to kick out any unpopular ritual leaders, called Kallu...
...wants to improve the editorial "mix" of the books on the Press's list of publications. The press will continue to publish unheralded scholarly works, but it will also go after authors who will have obvious public appeal. By integrating the two, the popular books will cover financially the "unpopular" ones...
...Wilkinson said, and serious stereotypes developed which were based on the college's geographical location, architecture and Master. Recounting a situation reminiscent of this year's lack of spreading in freshman housing applications, Wilkinson told of one year in the early fifties when only one student designated a particularly unpopular college as his first choice...
...disagreement with Congress over Reconstruction policy rather than because he was guilty of unlawful conduct. Berger demonstrates that this resulted in an unfair trial, and he concludes that the ill-conceived impeachment of Johnson, which is described as a blatant misuse of congressional power, made impeachment an unpopular means of dealing with a president who is guilty of midconduct in office...
...this will require legislation, some of it politically unpopular; most Americans will resent being pushed into mass transit or having to pay more for housing because of revised building codes. Still, several states are preparing legislation to break what Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent calls "the endless cycle of energy addiction...