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...destroy and change the site," says Awwad. "I don't have anything to hide." Israeli archaeologists want Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to force the Waqf to let them inside Solomon's Stable. Though he has stepped up restrictions on renovations, Sharon doesn't want to interfere, fearing a Muslim backlash. If the walls do collapse, Israeli officials worry they will be blamed, not the Waqf, which kept them out. That could lead to the very reprisals Sharon wants to avoid...
...Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT). By last Friday the group said its website alone had raised $2.5 million from 37,183 donors--money Hoffmann says he plans to use to pummel Kerry with ads right up to Election Day. Kerry campaign officials say their focus groups suggest a backlash is building, one they hope will pick up if they can link President Bush to SBVT...
Bush correctly calculated that Democrats would be reluctant to risk a backlash from voters by blocking a nominee while the nation was under threat. Kerry signaled that he wouldn't fight the nomination, and though Senate Democrats are still worried that Goss is too loyal to his political masters and too close to his old agency to reform it, for now they don't plan to hold up his appointment. Instead, they say they'll use Goss's confirmation hearing in early September to air complaints about CIA failures--and possibly to grill Goss on his recent proposal to lift...
Murthy, 57, is quietly fighting the backlash against outsourcing. "We can't get angry and shout slogans," he says. "If we focus on delivering value to our clients, ultimately we will win." After building Infosys into an outsourcing behemoth, Murthy is now trying to protect the company from its own success. By Aravind Adiga/Bangalore...
...afraid of the attitude of the people in the White House right now," says Matthews. "This is the most important election of my lifetime, and if I don't say anything, it will sit badly in my heart." Whether the tour will change votes or face a backlash isn't yet clear. But its all-swing-state lineup should guarantee a first: New Yorkers will have to hit Philly for the season's hot show...