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...Council of Guardians gives them the power to deny the reformists the fruits of their convincing February election win. Iranians went to the polls Friday in 66 constituencies for runoff votes after they'd failed to produce clear victors in the first round, amid signs of a furious conservative backlash. Since February, the conservative judiciary has closed down the pro-reform press, imprisoning a number of journalists and other prominent liberals. The Council of Guardians has also dragged its feet on ratifying the reformist win in 30 Tehran constituencies, while the conservative judiciary has also sought to embarrass Khatami...
...reform efforts, but now they've lost that. Still, the Supreme Leader's injunction against using illegal means makes it unlikely that they'd resort to something like a coup to stop the reformers from taking control of parliament. And the Supreme Leader has to be aware that the backlash against the reforms is making people more eager for change and turning them against the revolution...
...much of the new crop, DOA was not a moment too soon. But the backlash also caught three of TV's brightest, most heartfelt programs--Felicity, Roswell and Freaks and Geeks--each of which happens to feature protagonists not yet old enough to drink, and each of which is counting on creative fan support and deus ex machinas to keep it from becoming a teen angel...
...Office Wednesday to sell a three-hour video collage of scenes from the Columbine shooting set to Generation X warblings would seem to be nothing short of tasteless. The move, just the latest in a series of public relations gaffes, has sparked such a fast and seemingly predictable public backlash that one can only scratch one's head and ask, "What were they thinking...
...matter what the sheriff's office does there's a public backlash," says Roche. "It's true they may be somewhat na?ve in dealing with the media, and that may have contributed to their problems in the past, but in this case it seems they did what the families and the public wanted - they turned over the documents. This is a terribly complex case that any police force would have a hard time handling while keeping the public happy...