Word: backlashing
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...further personal revelations relevant? A new spate of digging into Hart's sexual past would probably do little more than confirm existing doubts about his self-control, and could create a backlash of sympathy for him. That does not mean, however, that the well-documented evidence of his deceitfulness ought now to be ignored. "Lying and cheating are serious charges against anyone," says Washington Post Political Reporter James Dickenson, "and it is not sensationalist or irrelevant to examine them." Even as the public resents the intrusiveness of the press, it will continue to demand to know as much as possible...
...worsened by the tenuous hold the liberals maintain in the first place. This January, the conservatives proved their facility at regaining power when they forced out Deng's designated successor, Hu Youbang. Hu's progressive pronouncements sparked students to rally for greater democracy. This brought a heavy-handed conservative backlash against "bourgeois liberalism" which many feared would turn into another Cultural Revolution...
...position of strength, rather than in response to demands from below. "Reforms which appear to be granted under pressure from events and the demands of more radical groups can only weaken the regime, strengthen the radicals, lead to more extreme demands from more groups, and provoke a counter-revolutionary backlash...
...control over violence that is essential to carry through major reforms." (p. 20) Huntington argued that some form of "enlightened despotism" might help reduce white opposition to change in South Africa, but even more firmly, he suggested the government should repress three types of violence: revolutionary, spontaneous and backlash. "No reform occurs without violence...Within limits reform and repression may proceed hand-in hand...The government that is too weak to monopolize counter-revolutionary repression is also too weak to inaugurate counter-revolutionary reform...
...industry's rush to clear the air comes at a time of popular backlash against smoking in public places. Leading the charge is Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who has called for a smoke-free society by the year 2000. Since 1974, 42 states and 1,000 municipalities have moved to restrict smoking in such open areas as restaurants, offices and hospitals...