Word: backlashing
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...Japan and China, be treated as part of the Euromissile deal, since they could be moved westward in a crisis. As part of a final offer before the new American missiles arrive in December, the U.S. might improve the plausibility of its negotiating position and thus minimize the backlash against deployment in Germany by seeking reductions only in SS-20s targeted on Europe and settling for a freeze on those in Asia...
...corrosive influence of fun music. The phenomenon of Joy Division cannot be overestimated; the music on their seminal, but now largely unlistenable, albums Closer and Unknown Pleasures was probably the most depressing ever put to plastic, but it thrilled a European rock elite looking for depth amidst the backlash of post-punk...
Although supporters say the court decision could produce a backlash that will rally support for the constitutional amendment proposed by Hatch, most Senators feel that it will only reinforce existing opinions. The proposal may not make it out of committee in the Democratic-controlled House, and if it does, it is unlikely to win the two-thirds support needed for passage there. Helms is once again pushing for his own peculiar remedy, a bill that would strip the courts of power to rule on the abortion issue. But it will probably be filibustered in the Senate, spurned in the House...
White, who has been sitting pretty in City Hall for 10 years, is now less popular than ever before in his career. But, as a recent television poll reported, no one is in any position to take advantage of the anti-White backlash...
That, even more than any backlash against Spielberg, seemed to be the reason for Gandhi's success: all appearances to the contrary, the 3,953 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences like to think of themselves as responsible citizens. Given the choice between a serious movie and one that is merely entertaining, they will almost always choose the former. Examples in the past: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest over Jaws (1975) and Gentleman's Agreement over Miracle on 34th Street...