Word: backlasher
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...result of the recent debacle, it is almost inevitable that the economic and political stability of Austria will be adversely affected. (The Austrian stock market has already fallen substantially in the past week.) Perhaps most frightening, though, is that the E.U.'s actions threaten to cause a political backlash in Austria, which may actually strengthen Haider's support...
...past years, more conservative council candidates have benefited from a backlash against what some saw as a connection between liberal leadership and a divided council that focused more on problems in Burma than those of student shuttle busses to Logan...
...Salzmann says his liberal views originated at the dinner table at home, as an unconscious backlash against his parents' economically conservative beliefs...
Each side has a very different idea of the requirements of Israeli security. Israel wants a military presence at listening posts on the Golan Heights and a demilitarized zone all the way to Damascus; Syria wants Israel to make do with electronic surveillance. And concerns over a domestic backlash may make Syria reluctant to accept Israeli demands that "normalization" include open borders and free trade. But the most important sticking point remains territorial: Syria interprets the return of the Golan to mean a return to the border - along the north shore of the sea of Galilee - that existed before their...
...idea of the requirements of Israeli security. Israel wants to maintain a military presence at listening posts on the Golan Heights and a demilitarized zone inside Syria stretching all the way back to Damascus; Syria wants to convince them that electronic surveillance will suffice. And concerns over a domestic backlash may make Syria reluctant to accept Israeli demands that "normalization" include open borders and free trade. But the most important sticking point remains territorial: Syria interprets the return of the Golan to mean a return to the border - along the north shore of the sea of Galilee - that existed before...