Sentences with phrase «vocal opposition»

Over the course of its long path toward renewal, the bill faced vocal opposition from privacy advocates.
This is a big contrast compared to last year, when a similar bill faced vocal opposition in committee and never came to a vote.
And because it's far less obvious, there's less vocal opposition.
In my experience vocal opposition to wind power almost always is accompanied by denial of climate change and ocean acidification.
Gibson assembles a handsome cast of notable supporting players, although some of them feel a bit too exaggerated to feel sincere, including a lazily administered change - of - heart for Doss» most vocal opposition played in tones of the usual masculine clichés by Luke Bracey (in a performance easier to fathom, at least, than his appearance in the all - around ill - conceived Point Break remake).
CHELSEA — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn overwhelmingly won the endorsement of her home Democratic club on Thursday night, despite vocal opposition from a handful of members.
The Orient community's vocal opposition continued at an April 22 NYMTC public hearing on the matter.
Though fracking continues to face very vocal opposition on the East Coast, California too may soon get in on the act.
Unfortunately, it has been met with a lot of very vocal opposition as the mostly - casual playerbase has found themselves forced to play the hardcore content if they want certain skins or Legendary Armor.
With the repatriation of all its citizens now impossible — particularly the most vocal opposition activists who left Rwanda in the post-1998 period and were thus unaffected (in theory) by the Clause's implementation — the Rwandan government shifted its approach to generously support a range of other initiatives and durable solutions in refugee - hosting states, for example the provision of passports to Rwandan refugees abroad from visiting delegations.
There is strong and vocal opposition not just to research with non-human primates but to the use of all animal models in scientific research.
When Margery Yeager, special assistant for transformation management for the D.C. public schools, attended her first school closing meeting in 2008 — she's now helped close 28 schools — the meeting was so contentious that, she recalls, «I honestly thought at the time, «I don't know how we will make this happen because there is just such vocal opposition.
While disparate voting rights plans were gaining popularity with corporate managers in the 1920s, and investors showed a surprising willingness to purchase large amounts of nonvoting common stock, an increasingly vocal opposition also began emerging.
Ottawa can be expected to face vocal opposition if it decides to prop up the media.
Nonetheless, it provoked vocal opposition from some families of 9/11 victims and other groups.
And yet vocal opposition arose to the idea of having a full - blown casino with table top games at its racino, where video lottery terminals are currently allowed.
Despite the obvious tension and Speaker Silver's prior vocal opposition to the plan, an Assembly source tells our Capitol crew that Assembly Democrats prepared to propose a compromise deal to the senate.
Because as much as there is a «Treasury Support Group» that works on these big occasions to heckle Ed Balls, sitting opposite them on the Labour steps are two similarly tribal and vocal Opposition MPs: Michael Dugher and Sadiq Khan.
Lissu, one of Tanzania's most vocal opposition politicians, was shot in the stomach, leg and arm, Dr. Charles James, a regional medical officer, told reporters.
Affordability requirements were expanded after vocal opposition to the plan.
An alliance of the Clean Air Coalition and neighbors near the present site on Sheridan Drive have expressed vocal opposition to the operation, which first opened in 1991, citing odors, smoke in the air and particulate matter falling on their properties.
The proposed tax provisions have attracted vocal opposition from graduate students on social media and encouraged the scientific community to reach out to their representatives in Congress.
The final measure passed with unusually broad support and little vocal opposition, with just 12 opponents in the Senate and 64 in the House.
His voice was clear and consistent, despite serious illness, and despite encountering vocal opposition by powerful forces — individuals who seek to make policy on the basis of wishful thinking and disinformation rather than sound science.
The practice fell into disuse by the 60's, and received vocal opposition from educators by the mid-80s.
With the country in crisis, its most vocal opposition leader, Leopoldo López, is under house arrest, unable to act.
Following vocal opposition, lock hospitals were abandoned in Britain, although similar measures continued elsewhere in the British Empire into the 20th century.
The RGB voted 5 - 4 in favor of the proposed hikes at the May 5 preliminary vote despite vocal opposition and cries from the crowd.
The current Town Board has faced vocal opposition on some items, including this year's budget and the new library / community center.
Considering this progressive tradition of opposition to legalized gambling it is noteworthy that the most vocal opposition to the Governor's proposed amendment comes from conservatives.
The statement of principles has faced vocal opposition from some legal scholars and lawyers since it was introduced by the law society this fall as part of an initiative to combat the barriers faced by racialized licensees.
NAIA also supports animal control agencies that make the tough decision to euthanize a dog in the interest of public safety, especially when the decision is made in the face of vocal opposition from activists intent upon vilifying the agency and second - guessing its policies and judgment.
«I suspect Weidmann's vocal opposition to most of the ECB decisions in recent years has generated too much opposition in too many other member states for him to get the nod,» he said.
If they don't want to force a firm to shut down, the vocal opposition of smaller LPs doesn't count for a lot.
In February, Erik Nielsen, global head of CIB research at UniCredit, told CNBC that «Weidmann's vocal opposition to most of the ECB decisions in recent years has generated too much opposition in too many other member states for him to get the nod.»
Starbucks's stock is down 9 percent for the year, and Schultz is likely hoping that any customer backlash due to his vocal opposition of Trump will dissipate as Election Day grows more distant.
The CEOs of Amazon, Starbucks, and Airbnb got heaps of positive press for their vocal opposition to Trump's order.
But even in Davos, which is favored by champions of globalization, there is vocal opposition to trade from critics who say it has benefited the elites at the expense of the middle class in many parts of the world.
Better known is the struggle of Martin Luther King (1929 - 68) against racial discrimination in the USA, or Bishop Desmond Tutu's (b. 1931) vocal opposition to apartheid in South Africa.
Court has hit the headlines with her vocal opposition to same - sex marriage while she told a Christian radio station on Wednesday that transgenderism was the work of the devil and compared a global plot to promote equal sexual rights to Hitler.
Too bad; when you stand in the way of societal progress don't be surprised if you get run over by a wave of vocal opposition.
«This is a nod to the Warriors leadership on and off the court: many of the players and Coach Kerr's vocal opposition to the bigotry and anti-American values of Trump.»
In 1995 John Major won his leadership battle despite the vocal opposition of almost all the papers, including his party's traditional backers.
In such an atmosphere, even if the application had not been withdrawn, it would have taken a brave Westminster planning committee - made up, of course, from locally elected councillors, with a duty to consider the views of their constituents - to grant planning permission in the face of such high profi le and vocal opposition, particularly when their own council leader had appeared to give his tacit support to the objectors and the future Head of State had provided their rallying call.
Unions have made noise about challenging Sen. John DeFrancisco, the deputy majority leader, over his vocal opposition to a minimum wage increase, though that could be tempered after all 31 Republicans backed the budget bill containing the hike.

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