Word: backlashers
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...real threat. The risk lies not just with potential babies born deformed, as many animal clones are; not just with desperate couples and cancer patients and other potential "clients" whose hopes may be raised and hearts broken and life savings wiped out. The immediate risk is that a backlash against renegade science might strike at responsible science as well...
...shortage of scientists looking to capitalize on it. And that is potentially what poses a risk for all of us. Mainstream scientists are worried that with all these headlines, all this renegade research going on outside any boundaries of regulation or accountability, there is sure to be a backlash, and it could get in the way of some of the most promising avenues of biotech research...
...Since the 1980's, the department has been identified by many elements of Harvard as the one having...feminist senior women who are very outspoken, and I do think it's made a kind of backlash...[But] when strong women intellectually congregate in a particular discipline or department, they have to be ready...
...should not expect a hearty welcome if he takes his war on terror to the Middle East. Crushing al-Qaeda's base has dealt a severe blow to Arab terrorists operating out of Afghanistan, yet moving the front line to the heart of the Arab world risks a serious backlash. And the Administration should note that victory depends as much on the battle for Muslim minds as on defeating terrorists militarily...
This movie is You Can Count on Me, a lovely independent drama that's way too unassuming to warrant a backlash - though it is a major breakthrough for Linney, 36, whose Best Actress award from the New York Film Critics Circle and Golden Globe nomination have propelled her into this year's Oscar race. Is Linney seeing gold? She stammers, "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't aware of it. People are excited for me and the prospect that I might be ... oh, it's so awkward I can't spit...