Cliché corner
By
Suzan Revah
Suzan Revah is a former AJR associate editor.
Special Refrigeration Edition! "..Nina Shahravan's false accusations against [Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams] set women's rights back 'years' and could have a ' chilling effect ' on women who may (truthfully) allege rape by a celebrity." ( Norfolk's Virginian-Pilot)
"Bittner said the [Food Lion] award will have a chilling effect on using hidden cameras, but it does not signal a death knell ." ( Asheville, North Carolina,
Citizen-Times ) Cliché Corner Daily Double!
"Vito predicted that a ban would have a chilling effect on the number and types of abortions performed, as doctors fear legal reprisals in an atmosphere of uncertainty around the law." ( Allentown, Pennsylvania, Morning Call )
"The blacklist remains the most important moral issue of postwar Hollywood, and its legacy continues to have a chilling effect on the industry's willingness to deal with controversial subjects." ( New York Times )
"The Clinton administration policy has had a chilling effect on doctors who had been recommending marijuana and has made workers at the club cautious about who they let in." ( Agence France-Presse )
"The high court rightly concluded that letting [Rev. Jerry] Falwell hammer [Hustler founder Larry] Flynt over a wildly implausible caricature would have a chilling effect on every political cartoonist and parodist who targets public figures." ( Tacoma, Washington, News Tribune)
from more than 200 references during a
four-week period in December and January ###
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