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...wind, not a wall, at their back. And it was not only increasing opposition to the Iraq war, which voters had all along told pollsters was their biggest concern and which ranked as an important issue to two-thirds of voters. An even greater factor may have been the backwash from a series of GOP scandals, with three-fourths of voters citing corruption as an important factor in deciding their votes. Democrats also appeared to be winning back the constituencies that had so contributed to Republican victories over the past few cycles: suburban women, independents and moderates. Even...
...Council, which usually spends much of its time agreeing with the administration, thought that extension of Lamont hours was unnecessary—just one week before Librarian Buck announced the change. It seems the Council jumped on the wrong wave of history this time and got caught in the backwash. Under the leadership of their new Master and their Senior Tutor, the men at Kirkland House were experimenting. Early in the fall they began a tutorial program for science majors, designed to acquaint budding scientists with the philosophy of their subject. Latest reports have it that they are reading about...
...moves from one low-paid job to another, Wynhausen finds that for most of her co-workers, the concept of job security, let alone job satisfaction, is pure whimsy. What she experiences is the backwash of one of the labor market's great transforming trends: Australia may be enjoying its lowest unemployment rate in 30 years, but a quarter of workers are now casuals, and two-thirds of all jobs created since 1990 were casual positions...
...BACKWASH On the airwaves, Pepsi ads with David Beckham and other star soccer players were withdrawn because of their surfing themes. American Express nixed a commercial featuring surfer Laird Hamilton's gushing about big waves, and British Airways suspended a month's worth of holiday-package...
...When he was appointed to head the inquiry back in February, former top civil servant Lord Butler said he would concentrate on intelligence "structures, systems and processes, rather than on the actions of individuals." But it's unlikely the leading players will get off scot-free. Some of the backwash is bound to swirl around Blair, as well as MI6's outgoing chief Richard Dearlove, and Joint Intelligence Committee chief John Scarlett, whom Blair controversially named as head of MI6 last May. Among the Senate's tough conclusions: CIA analysts overstated Saddam's chances of possessing a smallpox weapon...