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Iraq that has attracted the support of at least two Republicans threatens to expose fissures within the GOP over the unpopular war.

Prosecutors cleared Lee Myung-bak of wrong doing-but his rival still hopes to see his unpopular skepticism above the front runner.

How the Chinese lawyers managed to persuade the Canadians that the unpopular Mr Lai can be kept safe is hard to see.

This man is so unpopular here. He is just a sort of . . . , you know.

Surrender is an unpopular word, disliked almost as much as the word submission. It implies losing, and no one wants to be a loser.

Gorman's supporters said he was unpopular with some Merrill brokers because he made tough decisions and didn't sugarcoat unflattering facts.

This was a mistake which made him unpopular in Rome and he could have caught Hasdrubal too.

Efforts to raise any of these taxes or to create new revenue streams are so unpopular that they are rarely even mentioned in Austin.

American citizens are going to have to make a lot of very unpopular changes. Obama's popularity dips as he becomes the scapegoat.

No doubt making you very unpopular with the other astronauts, as you can`t open a window in there, either.

He failed to lead from the centre; he failed to champion his own policies; and he delegated too much to an unpopular Congress.

trying to convince an America hit by an economic downturn and fighting an unpopular war in Iraq. . .

A few voices protested: wasn't the home secretary stifling the group's right to say unpopular things in hopes of a political boost?

The company's new president decided to overturn a decision by his predecessor that was unpopular with employees.

Unpopular in his own lifetime due to his wretched excesses, his coins are among the most collected of any Roman emperor.

Hoover could have issued the proclamation on his own authority but, politically defeated and personally unpopular, he did not.

With his poll numbers at last beginning to rise from record lows, Mr Sarkozy is in no mood to make unpopular spending cuts.

President Obama may be experiencing a temporary bounce with his own personal ratings, but much of his agenda remain hugely unpopular.

Look at him. And he seems like the most unpopular kid in high school. . . that nobody liked. You know, the one with the cooties.

The photograph of the unpopular leader had been torn down in the night by his enemies.

The law mandating relocation away from coastal areas eventually became so unpopular that it had to be rescinded.

Drop One of Your GoalsIt's an unpopular thing to say, but I'm going to say it anyway: You can't do everything that you want to do.

The unpopular government is bracing for collapse, and on Tuesday, Irish government bonds continued a week-long slide to a fresh record low.

Today saw a man 'unpopular with him, but the bar did not want to see him. He told me to see good on its hands.

Signals might be an unpopular way of doing IPC in a large multi-threaded application for that reason.

Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou has struggled to win support from his own party to pass the unpopular legislation.

But Mr Tsang appeared to hope that by applying moral pressure the need for unpopular government actions would be obviated.

After all, I'm still in good health, I'm still free to write, I'm still free to write unpopular opinions, and I'm keeping at it.

The senator is, after all, a Washington incumbent at a time when both incumbency and all things federal are held to be wildly unpopular.

It's true that cleaning up the banking sector will be costly and unpopular, but it need not be crippling for the eurozone as a whole.

By his refusal to countenance unpopular measures and his habit of showering public money on any problem, he risks prolonging the recession.

One who loves tooting his own horn is usually unpopular.

It would be a more effective tool for tackling evasion, but unpopular with individuals keen to maintain their privacy.

My new employer told me that they needed someone with my capabilities to lead their unpopular forest clearing campaign .

You'll be putting yourself out on a limb if you undertake to defend such an unpopular act.

Although this was unpopular with users, Facebook continued to dabble in Real-Time.

Only these missions are unpopular back home and seem to have a low priority even within the military.

But leadership, you know, isn't about taking the easy route; it is about making the tough, sometimes unpopular decisions.

As he had maintained his power without becoming unpopular, it may be presumed that he had exercised some wisdom.

WIKILEAKS editor-in-chief Julian Assange might be unpopular with the US and its allies, but he's still mummy's little boy.

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

Republicans would not have to take an unpopular vote to raise the debt limit, a burden that would be left exclusively to Democrats.

Until now, strains over the euro have had little effect on domestic politics, however unpopular the bail-outs may be.

Mr. Hoenig's remedy , unpopular among his Fed colleagues, is to consider raising rates toward 1%. That sounds like the better Rx.

The armies were split up, there was no unity, no supreme command: Barclay was unpopular.

Her reputation as a Washington insider told against her at a time when Congress and the federal government are highly unpopular.

The coalition's plans to cut public spending appear to me to be more unpopular on the grounds of lost jobs than lost services.

Iraq has been a deeply unpopular war in Australia, where many believe it exposes the nation to greater danger of terror attack.

She was so unpopular that on one could be found to put in a word for her .

Like other presidents who have directed unpopular wars, Mr. Obama has has no shortage of advice from members of Congress.

As he enters the second half of his five-year term, President Nicolas Sarkozy will remain unpopular in the polls.

With European leaders around him tottering, Mr Sarkozy is not about to embark on unpopular structural reform of the welfare state.

And they observe that, while Mr Brown's own ratings have risen a bit, he remains deeply unpopular, and a drag on his party's prospects.

Her plot to turn this country into a dependency of Spain is unpopular .

Worse, once he had composed his Tweet he felt insecure and unpopular as only three people seemed to be following him.

Because nuclear power was unpopular for decades, Areva stopped training engineers, so that much of its expertise lies with its oldest staff.

A noisy press, no matter how unpopular it seems at the moment, is the best protection against that.

As the newest person, you'll probably be asked to work nights and weekends anyway, so put your hand up for those unpopular shifts.

Some American Internet companies may be unpopular with investors these days, but a Chinese one is finding plenty of takers.

Speculators have never been popular, and they have never been as unpopular as they are in the United States today.

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

The company insists the employee was simply made redundant; he says his push to implement green policy was unpopular with management.

They say this was hugely unpopular with certain astronomers and with the public in general.

Truman 's popularity, like Mr. Bush's, was dragged down by an unpopular war fought not in Iraq, but in Korea.

Nuclear power was so unpopular that some employees would not admit to working for the company.

That such views should be expressed by a former Gaullist, at a time when the EU is unpopular, was perhaps a surprise.

He may be about to become the most unpopular politician in the land as tax increases and spending cuts bite.

Improbably, a year later, the programme is decidedly unpopular.

Even so, Euro-optimists say, it has been able to take far-reaching, even unpopular, decisions in times of need.

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a ~ fellow?

His penchant for earmarks eventually led to political trouble as the process became increasingly unpopular with the public.

As President George W. Bush limps through his lame-duck year, it won't surprise you to read that he's hugely unpopular.

Simply put, it will take a balanced approach, shared sacrifice, and a willingness to make unpopular choices on all our parts.

Everything is going their way: sky-high gas prices, a weak economy and a deeply unpopular president.

Yet by the late nineteen thirties she had become unpopular with the public.

That will be unpopular, judging by the public outcry when AT&T recently said it was looking at ways to curtail data traffic.

While it was a deeply unpopular move, many economic analysts credited the new tax with restoring investors' confidence in the Philippines.

Both of them, they think, were unpopular and easy to pass.

But that position is wilting as leaders gently prepare the public for the idea of a politically unpopular bailout.

Lawyers must be courageous and willing to represent unpopular causes, because the right to counsel exists as a necessity.

Stand up for others, even if it's the unpopular thing to do.

When someone is in the doghouse , he has done something so wrong and become very unpopular at the moment.

Libel reform may seem an obscure subject for an unpopular government to pursue with a general election looming.

Samantha Rennie is a spokesperson for the fund . She said Diana used this celebrity status to draw attention to unpopular causes.

If that happens to "go cold" (ie, become unpopular), they sit around uselessly or have to be taken away.

It was a tough time full of unpopular policies, but those policies helped economies bounce back within five years, Mr. Surin said.

It would be unpopular, but it would help pay for sewers and give those who have plenty of water an incentive to use less.

Regardless of the outcome, the case will focus attention on the most unpopular aspect of a law that many already view unfavourably.

Yet few states are prepared to accept costly and politically unpopular curbs on the consumption of fossil fuels.

The speech was a last-ditch attempt by Mr Bush to persuade a sceptical Congress to remain committed to a deeply unpopular war.

That an unpopular incumbent can be peacefully removed is an achievement of the orange revolution.

Congressional leaders may balk at giving what could be portrayed as a free pass to such an unpopular firm.

The EU is unpopular in Europe, and a trade deficit with China will help bring it to an end.

Laws banning file-sharing are likely to prove as unpopular as the poll tax that helped bring down the Thatcher government.

It was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the twentieth century.

These triumphs may be par for the course; after all, the government is as unpopular as incumbents in dismal economic times tend to be.

The president called the plan a destructive act, but also said the U. S. has laws that protect such unpopular actions.

But China's growing military presence on Myanmar's border and its efforts to secure natural resources have been unpopular in Myanmar.

Those who believed they were unpopular gained more weight over a two-year period than girls who viewed themselves as more popular.

The civil rights activist Marcus Garvey, though, had to complain to a paper that reported he had died "broke, alone and unpopular" .

If costs continue to soar, the state will not be able to afford this scheme for long, and it will become unpopular.

The question is whether the unpopular president can afford to let her go.

However unpopular it may prove to be, an austerity package is needed to prevent Greece from falling into this debt trap.

The Court must protect the unpopular because selective protection of citizens' constitutional rights is really no protection.

Such levers do not work as quickly as those that were forged from deals with unpopular and unstable dictators.

Such individuals can make themselves very unpopular with the industry by trying to cool down a sizzling money machine.

Corrupt, unpopular, weak and seen as a stooge. The Afghan president should no longer be propped up by the west.

She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.

Pure blood and non-pure blood of the ill feelings still exist, Slytherin is still the most unpopular institutions.

Mr Obama could discourage petrol use more directly and efficiently by taxing the stuff, but that would be unpopular.

The prospect of the looming succession, with an unpopular crown prince in the wings, further heightens tensions.

In that sense, restoring confidence to beleaguered small businesses could be an increasingly unpopular president's sternest test.

A GOOD way to be unpopular at dinner parties is to praise the British railway system.

And, in a state-run economy, it is never good to be unpopular with the authorities.

He made himself unpopular by being so pushy.

The system was so unpopular, and seen as such a breach of privacy, it was shut down by late 2009.

Moves towards a deal on shipping and aircraft fuels, unpopular with oil producers, fell out of the text.

was part of a storybook sequence that the unpopular French president could only have dreamed of.

On Thursday, his deeply unpopular ruling Fianna Fail party is expected to lose a special election for a vacant parliament seat.

But he kept Egypt under a deeply unpopular emergency law that restricted freedoms and gave the police wide powers of arrest.

The California governor is hoping this move will avoid the need for a potentially even more unpopular increase in taxes.

Republicans immediately criticized the new investigation and even some Democrats said it would be unpopular.

Coalitions in other countries are also perfectly capable of scapegoating unpopular groups.

The main question is whether Mr Yanukovich can find the will to carry through reforms that could make him unpopular.

Egypt's Gaza policy, highly unpopular at home and an embarrassment for Mr Mubarak in the Muslim world, has grown increasingly untenable.

However, given the fragile state of many European countries, pledging yet more money to Greece would likely be politically unpopular.

The first political casualty at the federal level was the unpopular home minister. He stepped down Sunday.

Although unpopular, the mercurial Mr Sarkozy faces none of Mrs Merkel's problems of public opposition to bail-outs.

The painting, part of a series illustrating F. D. R. 's "Four Freedoms, " shows an ordinary citizen expressing an unpopular opinion.

About the second war I can say that Italy was oppressed under a unpopular dictatorship, and there were any italian who wanted to do the war.

Mr. Justice Douglas rejected the death penalty because it was administered in such a way as to discriminate against unpopular minorities.

Results show that, regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names are more likely to engage in criminal activity.

In Lebanon, Hezbollah took the country into a disastrous and unpopular war.

Governments weakened by some tough but unpopular decisions in the last crisis could make wrong but popular ones next time round.

Though Freeport employs many Papuans, the company remains hugely unpopular with the natives who live in the mountains surrounding the mine.

The answer is that he is trapped by an unpopular fiscal rule known as the tax shield.

It has tolerated hugely unpopular drone attacks on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets in its territory.

The unpopular student might find out he need to be more kind or try to help others when they need him.

Back in Shifang, the situation remains tense despite a government promise to scrap the unpopular plant.

An independent planning body run by technocrats means they will not have to take the heat for unpopular decisions.

Unpopular even within his own party, he left Hank Paulson, the Treasury secretary, to take the lead.

The United States is unpopular in Pakistan, and Washington is hoping the relief missions will help improve its image.

I also had a look at how the most-unpopular stocks did that year.

Secondly, the French tax-based direct taxes, it is politically and administratively is always unpopular and difficult to increase.

There is nothing that can rally people even behind unpopular governments more than the fear of a foreign threat.

He was a coarse man whose manner made him unpopular with some people.

Such views are unpopular among the main member governments, which want to clip Brussels' wings and curb EU spending.

The youth club leader was unpopular with the young people because he was always flinging his weight around.

The impression that Mr. Potts regarded his colleagues as inferiors made him unpopular.

The one-child policy has always been controversial abroad and unpopular at home.

The Republicans' plans for cuts have proved unpopular but the right has set the terms of the debate nonetheless.

Because she was too unpopular, and therefore the beginning of Q2 one hung up.

For the broad mass of the European electorate, "Europe" has become a byword for unpopular and painful economic restructuring.

The skill source is each kind of electric resistance, electric capacity, IC, be partial to the wholesale that the unpopular IC wait.

And although she has no trouble getting re-elected in San Francisco, she is unpopular in the country as a whole.

In a prime-time address to the nation, Bush pushed back against the Democrats' calls to end the unpopular war.

he has become the most unpopular president under the Fifth Republic a year away from a re-election bid.

One study has suggested that girls who consider themselves unpopular in school are more likely to gain weight.

It was deeply unpopular: price liberalisation made evident the destruction of savings under Soviet inflation.

The president's decision, however, is deeply unpopular with religious conservatives.

A politician supporting an unpopular law is sticking his neck out; he may lose the next election.

The bail-out remains unpopular and congressional elections are only two-and-a-half months away.

And should the wave of popular discontent continue to swell, unpopular governments in much bigger oil exporting countries could be at risk.

Correct or not, the expression is unpopular.

Free of the vicissitudes of votes and public opinion, philanthropists can take on causes that are unpopular or neglected.

If the company becomes unpopular, the stock price will drop.

In the era of images, painting, as a visual experience gained from intelligence and fine craft, seems different and unpopular.

His unpopular views made him a social leper.

He did provide equipment when it was requested by the players, but there are reports that he was unpopular in the clubhouse.

Mr Pawlenty, however, is willing to tell unpopular truths.

But with little progress on the regional framework, many Southeast Asian nations will have only one, deeply unpopular option.

Jack was the boss and he wasn't afraid to make unpopular decisions.

The firm announced that its unpopular chief executive Tony Hayward would step down on October 1st.

Uniting the protesters is common dissatisfaction with hugely unpopular President Sebastian Pinera and social inequality.

That would put the full burden of what is a politically-unpopular move on Democrats ahead of next year's national elections.

The politicians dithered, scared of lavishing taxpayers' money on such an unpopular cause.

The main products for the relay, SMD, 2, transistor, capacitor resistance, often unpopular and partial automation of integrated circuits.

The measures included an unpopular plan to reduce social-security spending, cut unemployment benefits and increase public-transport prices.

Some ideas may be unpopular, some might be unsettling, and some might be false.

After almost ten bloody years, the war in Afghanistan is unpopular, especially in Mr Obama's own party.

The revelation came as the government was struggling to secure Legislative Council approval for an unpopular political reform package.

Another apparently lost cause, immigration reform, is unpopular with conservatives, but is supported by many businesspeople.

Journalists should seek out diverse voices and afford competing and, even unpopular, views an opportunity to be heard.

Torkanowsky: For me, there is only good or bad music. There is no popular and unpopular.

Some brave and unpopular steps urgently need to be taken by the governments of the region.

The fact that the country has a uniquely unpopular president helps to explain this reversal of roles.

Gun-control regulations tend to be popular in cities and unpopular, often deeply so, in rural areas.

But two tawdry facts remained: Mr Musharraf had never won an unrigged election; and had long been unpopular.

He is still unpopular in the north, and the LRA gives him good reason to fill that once rebellious region with his troops.

The world's leaders were determined to push through unpopular decisions, for the sake of our long-term well-being.

But a bail-out would be unpopular, and the government does not want to touch this issue until the federal elections in September.

And any deal must be bipartisan, so neither party can blame the other for necessarily unpopular action.

An increasing number of people are questioning the sincerity of an already unpopular leader, Asif Ali Zardari.

HE HAS plumbed new lows as the most unpopular French president in the Fifth Republic ahead of a re-election bid.

given that unemployment is still around 11%, the measures that are needed to slow it down will be unpopular.

Many people agreed with Adams, but he became so unpopular that voters began to lose respect for him.

Today -- after recession, intra-party strife and unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- the party's legacy is under attack.

Mr Obama's approval ratings remain in the 60s, despite the pressure of a global crisis, and the Republicans remain unpopular and rudderless.

Some suggest that China's lack of democracy is an advantage in making unpopular but necessary changes.

Mr Bush, unpopular at home, is nearing the end of his term.

The invasion itself was deeply unpopular among the Turkish public.

The congressman stock his neck out to support this unpopular proposal.

As for Mr Bush, he could walk the Baltic from Stralsund to Sweden and still be the most unpopular American president since polls began.

Morning exercise is an annoying unpopular Procrustean bed to all our students.

It was Kelly Martin, a girl who had been overweight and unpopular in high school.

A few yeas ago, I narrowly escaped an assassination attempt--one that resulted from an unpopular edict I had issued.

A sharper-than-expected slowdown, however, would increase pressure on Mr. Sarkozy's government to announce large, unpopular spending cut.

She said Diana used this celebrity status to draw attention to unpopular causes.

We often see some teachers of good learning being unpopular with his students.

While those with vulgar behavior are generally unpopular with students and usually leave students a bad image.

Paying fees to a syndicate of banks to market a deal directly to investors is politically unpopular, too.

Ordinary people haven't always been unpopular.

By then, higher taxes and spending cuts would have made it even more unpopular.

Ireland is small, too, but its government has shown itself willing to take unpopular decisions to right its public finances.

Before the crisis, Hungary showed some signs of stabilising, thanks to a tough but unpopular austerity programme.

Mr Schwarzenegger, already unpopular before this crisis, may well now be remembered as a failure.

Yet French voters are in a volatile mood and Mr Sarkozy is surprisingly unpopular at home.

"We know that punch bowl-removal operations are very unpopular among the slightly sloshed, " is how one Western regulator puts it.

Immigration is unpopular in rich countries because people overestimate its costs and underestimate its benefits.

I personally like to choose the long tail key word, like unpopular.

It is true that the reforms are unpopular at the moment.

Some uses, but radioactive material is still unpopular.

But as she is also unpopular, there is nothing for it: she must go.

Anyone opening an umbrella in fine weather is unpopular, as it inevitably brings rain!

The position will also likely involve helping introduce the unpopular tax increases that Mr. Noda championed during his campaign.

CBD projects sales unpopular with the "price" and "planning adjustments say" whether directly?

Notions about application rewrites are often unpopular.

His unpopular views made him a socialleper.

Bravery (valor): Not shrinking from threat, challenge, difficulty, or pain; acting on convictions even if unpopular.

His laziness at work made him unpopular with his workmates.

The pledge was part of an effort to end unpopular taxes and government fees, and to spur consumer spending.

Therefore Juventus have confirmed Deschamps as their Coach for next season, even though he is increasingly unpopular among the fans.

The election was brought forward after the unpopular incumbent, Lech Kaczynski, died in a plane crash in April.

conservative views made him unpopular.

Recent history shows that political appointees often fail to take courageous or unpopular steps to stabilize the economy.

In the midst of highly unpopular bailouts of Wall Street, many justifications have been given about why Washington feels the need to act.

Yang's predicament reflected a heated debate inside China about whether to invalidate the most unpopular policy in the last 30 years.

Due to tobacco advertising is prohibited in many places, smoking will become unpopular.

Frequently dismissed as cranks , their fussy eating habits tend to make them unpopular with dinner party hosts and guests alike.

The indirect elections were not a guide to voter sentiment, but still dealt a blow to Nicolas Sarkozy, the unpopular president.

Central bankers expect to be unpopular, but the Fed is uniquely vulnerable now.

A haughty girl is always unpopular at school.

Without unpopular spending cuts and tax increases, unmanageable deficits may choke their economies.

Such a style is unpopular anywhere.

Expecting an unpopular leadership to deliver on this, alas, is probably the stuff of dreams.

It comes after he broke an election pledge to move an unpopular US military base away from the island of Okinawa .

The Fed may have to intervene in markets more to prevent new bubbles. Any tightening of monetary policy is sure to prove unpopular.

One massively unpopular cover version in recent years was Madonna's dire cover of the Don McLean song American Pie.

Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.

Had to take a stand on an unpopular position.