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...least onlookers don't seem to be confused. "I haven’t seen any backlash at all," said McFadden. "I expected to get some disapproving looks, but mostly people just congratulated us and told us that they want...
Some students at the Law School mentioned that the media exposure and backlash has been unfair because Grace’s e-mail was intended to be private. But others said they felt the administration should not overlook the incident...
...bounds beyond a lot of other countries,” he said, noting that in order to play a role in the international fight for rights, it is important to explore how to help developing countries become more accepting of gay people without imposing Western values or creating backlash in those communities...
...current account surplus declined by about half as a percentage of its overall economy - that adjustment phase is over. Exports will again add to GDP growth in China this year, and in an era of high unemployment in the U.S. and Europe, the potential for a serious protectionist backlash is very real. (Indeed, a team from Treasury slipped quietly into Beijing recently to make just this point.) For administrations going back to Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, it's been a tried a true strategy: Tell your trading partner to give you something, because you might not be able...
...leading politicians, whose influence they rely upon to advance their careers in the armed forces. This provides incentive for soldiers to try to influence political outcomes. The most blatant example of such patronage came when Thaksin appointed his cousin as army chief in 2003. That move sparked a backlash among soldiers who were not part of Thaksin's patronage network. They feared the army would become a political tool for the Prime Minister, who was known for his inability to tolerate dissent. In 2006, top generals believed Thaksin was planning to remove them for refusing his orders to crack down...