1. But so far the war has only hurt his popularity. 2. In recent months a string of high-level scandals affecting everything from featherbedding by bank regulators to cover-ups of police misdoings hurt his popularity. 3. Speaking to reporters at City Hall, Giuliani acknowledged that his fiscal policies had hurt his popularity, but said that he viewed the impact as being short-term. 4. So far, the ValuJet crash in May and the TWA disaster last week do not seem to have hurt the popularity of air travel. 5. That has hurt his popularity. 6. The public scare might hurt the popularity of the Conservative government, which clings to a slight majority in parliament. 7. Popularity has been hurt by corruption allegations and an ill-fated government alliance with an Islamic party. 8. But the government refused to devalue its currency, fearing rising consumer prices would hurt its popularity. 9. Social Democratic Chancellor Franz Vranitzky, whose austerity measures have hurt his popularity among voters, insisted the European elections would not affect his government. 10. The Republican governor, who decided not to seek a second term after the scandal hurt his popularity, has not been charged with wrongdoing. |