Word: backlashers
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...concerned citizens are still voicing their opposition peacefully despite disproportionate use of police force against them. While their perseverance brings hope to many, there is no guarantee that they can continue on, especially if their demands remain ignored. State-sponsored violence and oppression are bound to provoke a strong backlash, and widespread violence is the last thing that Pakistan needs right now—especially as it struggles to fight off Islamist militants in its northern province and tribal areas...
...surprise that funding a war as controversial as Iraq will be a highly contentious business. And while the Pentagon can surely move money between its various funding streams to keep the war going for a while, it's also obvious that the Bush administration is counting on a political backlash to force the Democrats to back down, as they've done in the past...
TRAVEL ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. Luxurious ocean liners have been replaced by overcrowded airplanes, and the concept of "dressing" for a journey went out the window years ago. Still, steamer style continues to flourish in the realm of luggage. Call it a backlash to overhyped technical materials or compartment overload, but classics like Louis Vuitton and Goyard have never seemed so appealing. Even popular '80s accessories brand MCM is on the brink of a major comeback, thanks to styles chockablock with steamer signatures like logos and stripes. Gucci's Boston bags, with stripes and script, transition smoothly...
...grads took to the Internet with another protest song ("You're a craftsman who can make a vase in the dark. Please leave us be without a trademark"), and area writer Bill Tisherman reserved a Manhattan theater for a November performance of a 90-minute Martha roast. While the backlash followed in the tradition of other great Katonah protests (like its mid-'90s rally against Starbucks), this one was decidedly more personal. Some of the town's locally owned stores--where Martha and her staff regularly shop--put up anti-trademark posters...
...argued in the September op-ed that those who question Zionism and Israeli policy toward Palestine “tremble in fear” of the backlash that would result from voicing their opinions...