Opponents
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Many young Muslims feel unwanted in their countries of birth, and extreme language, whether used by Islamists or their opponents, helps to create an atmosphere conducive to violence.
Though efforts to share one’s vision can win a candidate wide expressions of support, they can do the same for his or her
opponents
– and, in the election of a UN secretary-general, Security Council members can vote for as many candidates as they like.
Eight years after seizing power and exiling his main civilian opponents, the general is moving heaven and earth to hold on to political office.
The Trumping of Cambodian DemocracyWASHINGTON, DC – Over the last year, Cambodia’s ruling party, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), has dramatically increased its pressure on its political
opponents
and civil society.
By emphasizing Party control – through a crackdown on SOEs, government opponents, and critics in the media and academia – Xi seeks to maximize his ability to impose economic reforms while minimizing the risk of a challenge from conservative forces.
Above all, he is determined to avoid the fate of previous Chinese leaders like Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang, who lost their jobs after a critical mass of their
opponents
came to believe that economic and political reform jeopardized Party control.
Although ECT’s
opponents
believe that it causes brain damage, this is difficult to prove.
While the most effective sanctions had already been lifted, and are unlikely to be re-imposed, Iran’s conservatives have gained political points that they can use against their
opponents
at home.
Asserting proprietary rights over academic research,
opponents
charge, amounts to a conflict of interest, very similar to that of a public official who uses her office for private gain, or an attorney who represents clients on both sides of a legal case.
Elites dismiss their
opponents
as empty-headed populists, and are accused, in turn, of being out of touch with the concerns of ordinary people.
Time, Chinese negotiators seemed (or pretended) to believe, was on their side, so they could always wait out their
opponents.
As a result, enormous resources – both funds and officials’ time – were invested in youth movements created by Kremlin puppeteers, with two aims: control street political activity and prepare brigades for a future struggle – which might include ballot rigging – against political
opponents.
Not only did he openly seek to sabotage President Barack Obama’s negotiations with Iran by aligning himself with Obama’s Republican opponents; two days before the election, he suddenly reneged on his commitment to the two-state solution, the cornerstone of the international community’s vision for achieving peace in the Middle East.
The pathetic attempt by Netanyahu’s
opponents
to shift the campaign to the spiraling cost of living and prohibitive housing prices was easily defeated by that compelling message.
Indeed, the hope that Netanyahu’s
opponents
could achieve a breakthrough is misplaced.
They may do so through protest, as the Ottoman calligraphers did, and as Irish
opponents
of genetically modified potatoes did in 2002, by marching in Dublin to express their opposition to the “death of good food.”
Opponents
of new technologies may also employ slander, misinformation, and even demonization – an approach that has certainly succeeded in the past.
Derided as “bull butter,”
opponents
claimed that margarine contained “diseased and putrid beef, dead horses, dead hogs, dead dogs, mad dogs, and downed sheep.”
Even the weakness of Britain’s opposition parties works against May, allowing
opponents
to plot against her, secure in the knowledge that they cannot lose power.
And he signed the JOBS Act, proposed by his Republican opponents, which aims to create crowdfunding Web sites that allow small investors to participate in start-up ventures.
But government
opponents
of all stripes run the risk of censorship, persecution, or wrongful imprisonment.
Like most recent American presidents, Obama campaigned on a promise to work with his political
opponents
for the greater good of the country.
There may sometimes be a downside in trying to woo your
opponents.
But he did so without ever seeming to despise his
opponents
or disparage their intentions.
A leader who respects his or her
opponents
is more likely to earn respect himself than one who doubts their patriotism and resents their criticism.
So my own hope is that Obama will not be dissuaded from trying to work with his opponents, to build consensus, and to deal courteously even with those whose views he may thoroughly dislike.
Opponents
of the AU’s decision argue that there is no similar regional human-rights court elsewhere, and that the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court does not account for the possibility of complementary regional systems.
We achieve this - or not - through a combination of virtues such as fortitude in the face of relentless training, physical courage as we persevere through pain, and cleverness when we outsmart our opponents, along with other factors such as helpful coaching, optimized equipment, and sound nutrition.
Respectable
opponents
of globalization avoid it in fear that they will be called racists or insensitive to the plight of the world's poorest.
Since 2003, when the billionaire oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested for alleged embezzlement and fraud – after he dared to support Putin’s political
opponents
– Russia’s elite has been largely brought to heel.
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