Word: backlasher
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Liberation Backlash...
...begun to suffer the disillusionment of "Liberation Backlash" already. For I've seen that for a wife and mother to return to work there is little financial gain. And since there aren't nearly enough "glamour" jobs to go around, most just trade the drudgery of housewifery for the drudgery of an office...
...been put against the wall and shot to death. Conspicuously absent from the funeral were members of the powerful French Communist Party, whose union-the Confédération Générate du Travail (CGT) -represents the Renault workers. Mindful of the popular backlash in 1968 that made the Gaullists stronger than ever, and still eager to establish their political respectability, the Communists decried the disruptive tactics of the gauchistes. But they did denounce the Overney killing as "an extensive exercise in political provocation for the benefit of the government." For its part, the government wavered...
...such a jump, but politicians, above all, should look be fore they leap. If puns are to be part of this year's political campaigns, it is to be hoped that the efforts will improve. Already Muskie's punning has begun to work up a backlash...
...Northern Ireland, the alienation of the Catholic third of the population is very nearly total. Adding to Britain's problems is the ever-present danger of a Protestant backlash. The Orangemen have been remarkably quiescent during the recent weeks of violence and terror, but militant Protestants were angry and restive over the Catholics' success at Newry in defying the Ulster government's ban on parades and demonstrations. Last week William Craig, a leader of hard-line members of the ruling Unionist Party, announced the formation of the "Ulster Vanguard," whose 60,000 members, he said, were prepared...