Word: backlasher
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...would take an extreme backlash to cause the presidents to care enough to bury the hatchet and overturn the ban, because if there’s one thing we’ve learned about these eight administrators when it comes to athletics, it’s that they’ll almost never admit that they’re wrong...
...allied with the insurgency, has condemned the assault and warned of an escalation of the insurgency elsewhere. And, of course, it has reiterated its call for a boycott of the January election. Others, like UN Secretary General Kofi Annan have warned that if the assault of Fallujah creates a backlash that keeps Sunnis away from the polls, then the operation will have been self-defeating. Even acting president Ghazi al-Yawer, the most senior Sunni figure in Allawi's government, has publicly warned that a bloody showdown would play into the hands of the insurgency, adding that...
...pain of the "surgery" required to restore control over Fallujah, and their battlefield plans will be designed to make the operation quick and decisive. The last time the Marines were sent into Fallujah, in April, they were pulled back as U.S. officials felt the heat of a political backlash spurred by the images of civilian casualties beamed around the world by al-Jazeera cameramen inside the city. This time, however, the political echelon in Washington and Baghdad is unlikely to hit the brakes. It's a go-for-broke strategy, not least because any retreat now would simply empower...
PetroChina’s initial firewall arrangement “was specifically aimed at institutional investors who feared public backlash,” said Frank Gaffney, who acted as assistant secretary of defense under the Reagan administration...
...political climate that has witnessed an anti-progressive backlash in recent years, it is refreshing to find a candidate that has taken reasoned, progressive stances on controversial social issues. Kerry’s politically risky support for same-sex civil unions is admirable, and we applaud his defense of homosexual rights in the recent presidential debates...