Sentences with phrase «violent opposition from»

But the younger Espada claims such naysayers have it backward — on his Facebook page yesterday, he posted this quote from Albert Einstein: «Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.»
In recent weeks, the government has been forced to reconsider its plan to set up Chinesestyle Special Economic Zones for foreign companies after the project ran into violent opposition from farmers facing eviction from their lands.9
Because of violent opposition from his neighbors, he was forced to find a new home, and the group settled at Oneida, New York.

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The closing statement of the editorial is this: «We, and the thousands of other scientists who have signed the statement of protest, stand together in staunch opposition to the violent destruction of required tests on valuable advances such as Golden Rice that have the potential to save millions of impoverished fellow humans from needless suffering and death.»
The report states that, even though Togo, a former French colony, is a volatile democracy, the 63 years old Fabre, has been able to keep his supporters from engaging in violent protest, as compared to Gilchrist Olympio, the former opposition leader.
Opposition to MMA legalization stems in part from women's groups who find the sport too violent, while labor unions that have feuded with UFC's ownership in Las Vegas have also backed an effort to oppose the measure.
-- House Republicans held a closed - door meeting on Tuesday to discuss how best to protect themselves and staffers from potentially - violent protesters storming town halls and offices in opposition of repeal.
Each fundamentalist movement has emerged independently and is a law unto itself, sometimes differing from (or in violent opposition to) other fundamentalist movements within a single faith tradition.
As always they ignore the cause and source for real examination and promote a «men are all violent to kids and mothers too» rally cry from the opposition.
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