Word: boomerang
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...Nicaraguan journalist and feminist leader Sofia Montenegro, a central target in the government's crackdown, predicts Ortega's "psychologically vulgar and manipulative campaign" will eventually boomerang on him. Montenegro says the personal nature of the attacks against her have been so crass that even the machista element of Nicaraguan society is rejecting what many view as a cowardly persecution of women. "Men think: that could be my sister, or my wife," she said...
...Darth Vader's apprentice. When somebody tries to mess with you, you don't initiate trade negotiations--you unleash the Force on his puny, goody-good Jedi ass. You shock him, you boomerang your light saber at him, you grab him by the midi-chlorians and chuck him off a cliff. It's an authentically dark Star Wars tale and the perfect antidote to years of Ewok-flavored cuteness...
...many in Pakistan believe the move had come in response to U.S. pressure. "Failed coup against ISI was to appease U.S.," read one local headline. "They wanted to please Washington," said former spymaster Gul. "It misfired and became a boomerang to hurt them." The PPP did not help its case by the manner in which it proceeded. Neither the parliament nor the coalition's junior partners were consulted. And in choosing to cede control of the ISI to Rehman Malik, the effective Minister of Interior, instead of tightening his own grip, Gilani was left looking weak...
...House picks a fight with nbc News over the editing of an interview with the President--tossing in swipes at its coverage of Iraq and the economy and its supposed liberal bias (rallying the base against Old Media). Still, an unpopular, lame-duck leader might be more of a boomerang against MCCAIN than a blade against Obama. X Pop Culture MCCAIN's latest star turn on Saturday Night Live was (to borrow his applause line) "crazy exciting." Two bits of comedy addressed his age and the unending Democratic race with dandy timing and delivery, serving to remind Democrats...
...Ortiz will be forced to pay the defense's legal expenses, and she's likely to suffer in other ways as well. "This will have a boomerang effect," adds Peñafiel. "She's going to get exactly what she didn't want, which is to become more famous." Perhaps anticipating that effect, Ortiz and her partner have already put in a request with the Red Cross to return them to jobs in Asia, far from the Spanish paparazzi. Or at least that is what the pink press is reporting...