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...with great reluctance that the Lius allowed their granddaughter to visit the square. "I fear that a single incident could set off a mass panic," says Liu. Liu also concedes that this innocent movement could deteriorate into a government backlash that might not carry the widespread vindictiveness of the Cultural Revolution but that nonetheless would result in a shake...
...revisions of the Clean Air Act, which the White House has promised to announce by the end of this month. Environmentalists want Bush to back, among other things, tough new limits on smokestack emissions of sulfur dioxide, a major cause of acid rain. But that could cause a political backlash in states that produce high-sulfur coal, such as Illinois and Pennsylvania. "It's decision- making time for George Bush," says John Adams, head of the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Unless he acts credibly, his environmental image is in danger of unraveling...
...show its disapproval, the U.S. could restrict visas issued to pro-Noriega Panamanians, refuse to recognize the newly seated government, and turn away any ambassador sent to Washington by the Duque administration. The Administration wants to tighten sanctions, but further economic deterioration might fuel an anti-U.S. backlash. "When have economic sanctions ever toppled a regime?" asks Ambler Moss, a former U.S. Ambassador to Panama...
...contrast with 1988, when the binge in corporate buyouts helped offset the defection of millions of small investors, the latest downturn reflected weakness in virtually every phase of Wall Street's business. With merger mania dampened by high interest rates and fears of a political backlash against debt-laden megadeals, the value of announced corporate acquisitions fell to $76 billion in the first quarter of 1989, down 58% from the comparable period last year. At the same time, intense competition has driven down the commission on stock trades to as little as 4 cents a share, vs. about 8 cents...
Although the current lack of attention given to AIDS may be a backlash against the amount of media coverage given during the last few years, Blumenfeld said that it was the public perception of AIDS as a gay men's disease that limited coverage...