Word: rohrer
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...domestic politics, threw in their weight, Israel by recalling its ambassador and the U.S. by bringing its ambassador home for "consultations." But some observers felt that the outside agitation merely served to bolster Haider's support--the 27% his party won in Austria's elections last October. As Anneliese Rohrer, domestic-affairs editor of the Vienna daily Die Presse, put it, "Austrians do not like to be kicked around. They are saying, 'Well, if they all hate him, he must be good.'" According to Rohrer, it would have been far worse for Haider if he had been ignored...