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...their pet projects or the legislators to trim the military pork for the folks back in the district. The Bush Administration needed a Defense Secretary with nerves of steel and impeccable hawkish credentials to break the bad news to the military, and stare down the backlash on Capitol Hill. And Rumsfeld's combination of true-blue conservative ideological stripes and CEO managerial skills made him the dream candidate. Cheney certainly had no doubts about that - Rumsfeld had been his mentor when the Vice President was a gung-ho congressman from Wyoming...
Every year, fate finds a new way for the Knicks to lose. This year, the combined pressure of Camby’s personal situation and the backlash surrounding recent anti-Semitic comments by point guard Charlie Ward may have proven too much for the Knicks to overcome. That and the offense of ex-Knick Chris Childs, who never played this well in the Garden when he wore the home uniform...
...Washington's enemies were delighted by the vote. But the backlash against the U.N. that it will likely provoke on Capitol Hill may leave the Europeans questioning their wisdom in choosing this particular device to signal their frustration with Washington. After all, the Europeans want Washington to pay more attention to international forums; voting them off the Human Rights Commission is likely to have the opposite effect. That, of course, is just fine with America's foes. Which is why her allies may ultimately be left wondering whether they shot themselves in the foot by voting...
Entertainment in the `80s, Novak says, was over-produced and rigidly non-spontaneous-"only valuable as kitsch, kitsch I love." The `90s began a backlash against inauthentic entertainment, where people turned their dials to real tragedy and spectacle: the O.J. trial, Princess Diana, the Clinton scandal...
Novak's stunts ride the last wave of this backlash: combinations of real drama and staged venue like The Real World, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Survivor...