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...statement caused an immediate uproar within the ranks of Obama's religious supporters, who pushed him to back off from the promise to undo Bush's Executive Order. He has not done so publicly, but several of them insist that Obama and his aides have given them private assurances that there will be no rapid movement to change the status quo with regard to religious hiring. If so, it would be a rare case of political ham-handness by the Obama team, because his secular supporters say they have been assured that the hiring change will take place...
...take part in the Inauguration, he thought he would get Pastor Rick. And on Tuesday Warren will undoubtedly deliver a blandly optimistic - if explicitly Christian - prayer of the sort that has made him popular with the tens of millions of Americans who have purchased his books. But the uproar that has accompanied his selection suggests that Obama would do well to get to know the other Rick Warren, particularly if his Administration intends to continue an ongoing relationship with the pastor...
...room for an hour for a romantic tryst. Last year, the home's owner, Chinese real estate tycoon and philanthropist Yu Panglin, announced plans to sell it for up to $13 million so he could donate the proceeds to victims of the Sichuan earthquake. But that caused an uproar among Bruce Lee fans, who feared a new owner would bring in the wrecking balls...
...Dining Services little mercy. HUDS responded by “tweaking all over the place” and phasing in cheaper alternatives to reduce costs. Students saw more wedge tomatoes, whole-grain waffle batter, and pasta options made from leftover ingredients. But cost-reduction be damned—student uproar ensued over House e-mail lists. While other colleges seemed to have retained their usual offerings, HUDS had suddenly revamped its menu without any student input, students complained. HUDS responded swiftly with an open letter outlining six days of new menu changes. Though executive director Ted A. Mayer conceded that...
...statement, and its setting, cued an uproar, and for several years Kitt got no work in the U.S. Instead she toured the world, including South Africa, where her appearances under the apartheid regime stoked resentment from American blacks and their supporters. (In the late '70s she was welcomed back by President Jimmy Carter and, in 2006, helped President and Laura Bush light the National Christmas Tree...