Word: backlasher
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...kids come out, many conservatives--just ask the Vice President--start to seem uncomfortable with traditionalist, rigid views on gays. But what happens when your child comes out not at 23 but at 13? At least in the short term, it's likely that more gay kids means more backlash...
...Peter Mandelson E.U. Trade Commissioner We should not begrudge China the fruits of its development and the benefits of its wto membership. But if China does not understand the need to temper its impact on the rest of the world, it risks provoking a dangerous backlash from those who should be its friends and partners...
...comes to temple construction, the Dallas Cowboys tend to get their way. Bucking a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on eminent domain that curtailed private-property rights, the Texas legislature passed a bill in August that would restrict government seizures of private land (thus joining several states in a backlash against the ruling). But two exemptions made it into the bill, one involving the Cowboys' construction plans for a new $650 million stadium. About 50 property owners are refusing to sell their homes to the city of Arlington, blocking the Cowboys' bid to build the stadium on their land...
...Baghdad's supercharged political atmosphere, it was inevitable that reaction to Wednesday's tragedy on the Bridge of the Imams would be colored by sectarian sentiment. Within a couple of hours the city was already rife with wild rumors of an impending backlash by Shia pilgrims incensed by the death of nearly 800 of their fellows. Many streets were empty, and security forces were out in strength...
...neighborhood, Bernace said, there hasn’t been a backlash...