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...Pennsylvania Avenue. The department's negotiator, John W. Dean III, explained that there was "a substantial likelihood of serious violence." That refusal may well increase the chance of violent confrontation. If there is rioting in the capital, it will offend many who sympathized with the October demonstrations; a backlash, of course, may be what the Administration wants. Veterans' groups and two newly formed outfits-The National Committee for Responsible Patriotism and the Texas-financed United We Stand-are setting up counter-manifestations in support of Nixon...
...success in attracting a large number of votesin Boston's mayoral election two years ago was thought by observers then to signal a growing urban-white backlash...
...should not push this point too far. There is much impatience with the war, but it is difficult to say of what nature. Is this impatience strong enough to tolerate prolonged campus disruption, to survive backlash from a "peace without honor," and permit the advocates of withdrawal in Vietnam to become the architects of a new society at home? A negative majority has been emerging in opposition to the war. Whether it will take a positive character and elect more Michael Harringtons remains undetermined...
Although both Procaccino and Marchi have obviously benefited from white backlash, neither is a racist. Further, the white voters whom Lindsay needs are not in the mood to have their consciences addressed. Jews, in particular, feel that for many years they have supported legitimate Negro demands by voting for liberals and financing civil rights causes. It was all very well for Lindsay to be one of the most assertive members of the Kerner Commission and for his aides to take as gospel the commission's key argument: that white racism is at the root of much urban turmoil. Except...
...leading man retains prominence without a strong and basic sex appeal. Wayne's has been uniquely conservative. "In a love scene, Clark Gable always forced the issue with a girl," observed Director Howard Hawks (Red River). "Wayne is better when the girl is forcing the issue." The romantic backlash has been operating for two generations on audiences?and on his female costars. Says Actress Vera Miles: "They used to say of the old West, 'Men were men and the women were grateful.' Well, that's how he makes you feel as a woman...