Word: backlashers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...target of all this rage, in a country that has always prided itself as the archetype of the liberal society, is Holland's community of some 35,000 refugees from South Molucca, a group of islands that is now part of Indonesia (see map). The cause of the backlash against the South Moluccan minority was one of the longest terrorist sieges in memory. At week's end, South Moluccan gunmen who had taken over a railroad train near the town of Beilen 13 days ago finally surrendered and released 23 hostages. Terrorists still held the Indonesian consulate...
More Outgoing. There were some anxious days, though, she confides, during the flood of criticism that followed her candid observations on premarital affairs and pot on CBS's 60 Minutes. The outrage was particularly violent among conservatives, whom her husband is courting. Then a pro-Betty backlash began to develop. Signs supporting the First Lady appeared in every crowd on the President's travels; his audiences broke into applause at the mention of her name. Pollster Louis Harris sampled the public and declared, "Betty Ford has now become one of the most popular wives of a President...
...resentment against integration rose to such a pitch that mobs burned buses on Sept. 5. On election eve, police had to use tear gas to disperse another mob of 3,500 demonstrators who were throwing bricks and bottles and chanting "Get the buses!" As it turned out, the resulting backlash against the violence helped the Governor, who also closed fast with an aggressive and well-financed campaign. Carroll not only took 63% of the vote but won by a record margin of nearly 192,290 votes...
President Ford's attacks on beleaguered New York seem to have stirred a backlash of sympathy for the profligate city. As if in recognition of this, Betty Ford adopted a more conciliatory attitude when she went to New York to accept a Family of Man award for the President. Seated next to Beame at the New York City Council of Churches dinner, she expressed her "deep attachment, compassion and love ... for America's greatest city...
Whether or not last week's vote reflected an antifeminist backlash, both sides agreed that it dimmed hopes for passage of the federal Equal Rights Amendment by the March 1979 deadline. Thirty-four of the required 38 states have ratified the 1972 amendment, but the early momentum is gone. Twenty-two state legislatures ratified it the first year, eight in 1973, three in 1974. So far this year, only one state-North Dakota -has approved ERA. Nebraska and Tennessee have voted to rescind their earlier approval, though the legal status of their action is dubious. Congress has the authority...