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...public enthusiasm. In July it approved an inflationary wage-indexation program that calls for monthly upward adjustments of salaries. The President, whose tiny National Reconstruction Party has only a handful of congressional seats, has vowed to veto the bill, a move certain to be unpopular. To avoid a backlash at the polls two months from now in congressional elections, the government will offer low-income workers a onetime wage bonus. Following through on the rest of his program will depend heavily on the returns from those elections, when as many as 70% of the current legislators may be replaced...
Soviet immigrants, for their part, are aware that the situation could lead to a nasty backlash. Says Yuri Stern, a Soviet immigrant and adviser to the Knesset: "We are worried that the homeless problem may create divisions. Either we are going to solve it or it will create unrest, and that could be damaging to everyone...
MEDICINE: Backlash for a wonder drug...
...swift and sweeping popularity is often followed by a stinging backlash. That is as true for medical therapies as it is for hit TV series and fashionable restaurants. The latest example: Prozac, a drug taken to combat depression. Introduced in January 1988 and hailed as safer than competing medications, Prozac quickly surged to star status, thanks to skillful promotion by manufacturer Eli Lilly, glowing word of mouth among doctors and patients, and heavy media attention, including cover stories in Newsweek and New York. Sales are expected to top $700 million this year, making Prozac the leading antidepressant...
...POLITICS OF RICH AND POOR by Kevin Phillips (Random House; $19.95). Republicans beware! A proven political prognosticator foresees a populist backlash in the '90s against the greedfest of the '80s. Compellingly argued, but why isn't anyone bothering to vote...