Word: backlasher
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...This backlash against the ruling by aware politicans and theatre-owners has been accompanied by a violent reaction on the part of groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, which plans to file suit against the Justice Department. The Justice Department has stumbled upon an unexpected way of bringing information to the public eye: trying...
...nine city councillors promised their full support to Shelter's efforts, but it is unclear what that support will be. It is unlikely that the council would urge a zoning exemption for the project and allow a new community residence in a closed neighborhood because of the community backlash such a move might cause in an election year. But as one Shelter official said, the organization was happy to have "nine receptive ears [in the council] that can help...
...interview before the speech, LeBoutillier attributed the loss to his outspokenness on Capitol Hill, a backlash against President Reagan, and a change in constituency due to redistricting...
...electoral strength and the future of the Chicago political machine should be of interest to Boston residents, where Mayor Kevin H. White now leads a political frame work consciously based on Daley's Chicago apparatus. The Hub may well feel the gales from the Windy City, and the populist backlash that dethroned Byrne may defeat Boston's four-term mayor...
...however, Kohl's rosy political prospects started to fade. First, a wave of sympathy began to build for the defeated Schmidt, whose term of office ended when the small, centrist Free Democratic Party deserted his coalition to join Kohl's conservative alignment. Then Kohl faced a voter backlash for the way he arranged the election call, by stage-managing a vote of confidence against himself in the Bundestag. That maneuver has been contested by four Bundestag members before West Germany's Constitutional Court...