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...Basically what we?re seeing is a sort of evolutionary backlash. Humans today are programmed to resist famine, because over time, the only people who survived and propagated are those who are well-equipped to survive famine. But today most of the planet doesn?t face famine; it only exists in certain pockets of the world. For those of us not living in famine-prone areas, an overabundance of food has become more dangerous than a lack of it. We have no protection against excess food intake, and as food has become more available and less expensive all over...
...even this is a double-edged sword: Japan's perceived economic colonialism has spurred a recent backlash. In the Philippines, workers have demonstrated over mistreatment by Japanese bosses. Anti-Japanese fervor in China has shifted from complaints about war atrocities to gripes about selling shoddy merchandise. In one case, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. recalled four-wheel-drive Pajeros in Europe and North America because of a faulty rear brake. Customers there got free repairs. Chinese owners did not. Only after a Chinese government-affiliated consumers' group filed suit did Mitsubishi agree to pay compensation. Similarly, Toshiba offered free repairs and compensation...
...together again, they can pool their operations and exert even more deadly pressure on Israel. If the Iranians get their way, it will be a dark day both for Israelis--who will face increasingly professional terrorist attacks--and for Palestinians already suffering under a heavy-handed Israeli backlash. Competition between the two groups generated an uptick in attacks. Coordination will make those strikes even more effective...
Over my lunch of Confederate fried steak, I ask Sullivan if he would run such an article today, or one that defended slavery. He has to think a little too long before answering. The Ashcroft backlash has had a chilling effect, he says, so if such an article ran, it would run with an opposing companion article. Later, he changes the answer to no. He would not run such an article. In a subsequent telephone interview, he says he wants to make it absolutely clear that he does not and would not ever defend slavery as an institution...
...backlash against the sounds of "scene dining" may be under way. In Zagat Surveys of diners in Boston; St. Louis, Mo.; on Long Island, N.Y.; and in New Jersey, noise is the No. 1 complaint. (In New York City, where subways and traffic are background music, noise is relative, and it is No. 2 on the complaint list, behind bad service.) Annoyed critics have started ranking noise levels in reviews, and it isn't uncommon to read blistering acoustics-based pans. "I was prepared for loud but not for the level I had to deal with," wrote a foodie...