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...have developed a backlash...

Author: By K. SANDRA Favelukes, | Title: Women's Studies Celebrates 10th Year | 5/2/1997 | See Source »

...very well be correct to say that television shows do not tend to change public opinion directly. Certainly after Murphy Brown--as a single mother--had a child (an example Oppenheim uses), there was not a sudden increase in the glamour of single motherhood. In fact, there was a backlash, led first by Vice President Dan Quayle and soon picked up by others who would claim to be defending "family values." The show did not make viewers believe that being a single parent was fun or beneficial; on the other hand, it didn't condemn out-of-wedlock children either...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Ellen' Will Create Healthier Attitude | 4/26/1997 | See Source »

...proposal as a "big-government program" that would never become law on his watch. And although Hatch quickly gathered seven G.O.P. co-sponsors, other Republicans whispered contemptuously about what they described as his sanctimonious air. "Hatch is not a team player," a Senate Republican grumbled. In a more public backlash, the conservative National Review recently dubbed Hatch a "Latter-Day Liberal," a play on his Mormon religion that Hatch found offensive. As the fray mounted, one of the bill's co-sponsors, Robert Bennett of Utah, dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HATCHING MISCHIEF | 4/21/1997 | See Source »

...Harvard hasn't made any concessions to the change of opinion in the country and in the courts," he said, referring to the nationwide backlash against affirmative-action and diversity programs...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Affirmative Action Plan Released | 4/18/1997 | See Source »

...despite the advances, the women's movement faces a backlash, Ireland said...

Author: By Lisa N. Brennan-jobs, | Title: Ireland Speaks of Progress on Women's Issues | 4/17/1997 | See Source »

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