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Lorraine Woodson was one of the most visible leaders of the parental backlash this summer...
...will always put its own stability above the interests of Israel and of Arafat, and Hamas enjoys the support of the man in the street in Jordan. There?s a lot of opposition in Jordan to normalizing relations with Israel, and the government will be wary of sparking a backlash among Jordanians...
...Economic globalization appears to have made corporate America more sensitive than Washington?s political class to Arab political concerns. After all, Hillary Clinton doesn?t have to fear an Arab backlash at the ballot box when she stumps for New York votes by publicly urging her husband to recognize Jerusalem as Israel?s capital. But Disney stands to lose up to $150 million a year in an Arab boycott of its products. Despite Eisner?s assurances, Arab League officials are still demanding the right to inspect the "Millennium Village" before its opening to ensure that Islamic and Christian claims...
...make reform an implicit or explicit attack on people who like and own guns. Urban liberals ought to be especially alert to the cultural bigotry that categorizes such people as hicks, racists, psychotics and so forth. For one thing, a false moral superiority is impractical and incites a backlash among people otherwise sympathetic to sensible gun control, much like the backlash the pro-abortion rights forces incurred once their years of political suasion had ebbed. And the demonizing of gun owners or even the NRA is simply wrong. The majority of gun owners are as dutiful, responsible and sophisticated...
...March consumers repaid some 15% of their outstanding balances, a 10-year record, according to Moody's Investors Service. "Since they can't get it at the front end, they get it at the back end," says Robert McKinley, CEO of CardWeb.com "It's a fee frenzy, and a backlash may be brewing...