When he left, the Republican right was «unleashed,» poised to drive the party in its own direction (and that of the Reagan presidency) by capitalizing
on widespread hostility toward the cultural changes of the 1970s that many believed had been foisted upon America by ideological liberals.
Not exact matches
As suggested in chapter one, Hartshorne has, in an era of
widespread distrust or
hostility on the part of philosophers toward metaphysics, remained unabashed in his commitment to metaphysics as the central concern of philosophy.
Addressing a molecular medicine congress, Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and a founder of the Human Genome Project, urged Germany to overcome
widespread hostility to genetics research and focus
on the great benefits that applying genome research can offer humankind.