Word: backlashers
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...entity that includes Taiwan, while at the same time committing Washington to defend Taiwan against any aggression by that same government. But with tensions raised by election-season rhetoric both in Taiwan and the U.S., Taipei's military shopping list leaves Washington facing the unhappy choice of provoking a backlash either from Beijing or from Taiwan's vocal supporters on Capitol Hill...
...economic reform, Rafsanjani is resistant to loosening other restrictions. That conflict could jeopardize the President's proposals to lift curbs on press freedom, institutionalize free elections and generally deepen Iran's rule of law. Still, the President may believe, as do some analysts, that Rafsanjani could help prevent a backlash among demoralized hard-liners. Explains Tehran University professor Nasser Hadian: "The pace of reform might be slower, but Rafsanjani can convince the conservatives that there is something in democracy for them...
Hodsoll said NEA should be wary of political backlash when funding potentially offensive...
...Western investment - a critical priority, a fact that has moved even such stalwarts of the revolution as former president Ali Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani into the pro-Khatami coalition. That, of course, is a mixed blessing. "While Rafsanjani's influence could be a major factor in preventing a dangerous backlash by hard-liners after the election," says MacLeod, "he'd be likely to slow down the pace of political and social reform...
...which you accuse the EU member states of a "reactionary frenzy" against the new government coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Austrian Freedom Party (FP). Your argument leaves it unclear in which way the EU countries' decisions to "downgrade Austria's diplomatic status" could lead to a backlash strengthening the support for the FP. The EU's reaction has instead strengthened the backs of the thousands of Austrians marching in protest against the new government in Vienna. The fact that the two coalition parties were both "democratically elected" also does not mean that the majority of the voters...