Word: unpopularity
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...plan for compulsory national health insurance went into effect in Sweden, replacing voluntary plans which (with state aid) had covered 65% of the population. To extend coverage to all citizens, the state will now triple its payments, to $150 million a year, and will raise the money by an unpopular hike in liquor taxes. Unlike the British system, which foots the entire doctor's bill, Sweden's plan will pay only 75% and calls for direct contributions by individuals (a man earning $2,000 will pay $36 to insure his family). Costly drugs will be free and many...
...picture would not look so bleak here were there not the striking similarities between the case of Professor Furry and the case of Dr. Singer. If anything, the formers testimony is more unpopular since he admitted previous membership in the Communist Party...
...unpopular French army, 125,000 strong, will be reduced to 70,000 in step-by-step withdrawals. They will be sped on their...
Straw Hats & Helmets. Against this case, Ollenhauer's Socialists could only complain that rearmament is unpopular with German youth, and that to join irrevocably with the West is to abandon East Germans and perhaps in time to cause a Bruderkrieg (literally, war of brothers) between two armed Germanies. Answered one of Adenauer's supporters: "There is no longer a choice between straw hat and the steel helmet. The choice now is between a steel helmet with or without a Red star...
...Bidault who wants vengeance on Mendès for the death of EDC, were playing a cat-and-mouse game, keeping him in office for their own purposes. Resigned to the inevitability of German rearmament, these expert infighters were determined to identify Mendès with that needed but unpopular measure. Then they meant to kick him out, perhaps on the Indo-China issue...