Opposition
in sentence
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What are
opposition
candidates to do when they are asked to take part in elections that they know they cannot win, or that, even when they can win, will give them only minimal authority?
Mousavi’s campaign, and its aftermath, showed clearly that those who professed to see no difference between the candidates, except in style and presentation, were wrong: even if the election was rigged, the voices of
opposition
to clerical authoritarianism were heard.
In addition to the logistical challenge of reaching every child in Africa’s most populated country, the Nigerian polio-eradication campaign has had to overcome security issues,
opposition
by religious fundamentalists, and rampant corruption.
With South Korea’s economy struggling to sustain growth, China is leveraging its position by registering its
opposition
to THAAD.
Signaling its opposition, the California legislature recently introduced for consideration new bills to finance legal services for immigrants fighting deportation and to ban the use of state and local resources for immigration enforcement on constitutional grounds.
The overlap between the end of the accession process and heated discussions about the new European Constitution played into the hands of the
opposition.
The ruling coalitions can finally afford, at least temporarily, "the luxury" of populism that
opposition
parties used as their main weapon in the last few years.
But Tsipras squandered Greece’s opportunity, because he and other Syriza leaders were unable to see beyond the horizon of their party’s origins in radical
opposition
activism.
Of course, it is precisely the acceptance of necessity that marks the difference between government and
opposition.
An
opposition
party may voice aspirations, make promises, and even dream a little; but a government party cannot remain in some imaginary world or theoretical system.
And the dreamier an
opposition
party’s promises are, the bigger the challenge of narrowing the gap with reality if, like Syriza, it actually wins an election and comes to power.
But neither his tweets, his image as a sportsman, his government’s televised ministerial meetings, nor the articles in which he lashes out at the
opposition
have been able to stem a growing perception that his illness has launched an uncertain transition.
The military can choose to uphold the elected government, regardless of which party wins, or prevent the eventual triumph of the
opposition
Mesa de Unidad.
Finally, Hu, Wen, and the rest of the top leadership have turned themselves into superb firefighters with an uncanny ability to, in Party parlance, “nip the seeds of
opposition
before they sprout.”
The president, the prime minister, and the speaker of the national assembly chose to ignore the court’s order, limiting themselves to responding to a petition moved in the court by the main
opposition
party.
His support of the El Khomri law, which made it easier to fire workers, and his
opposition
to the 35-hour week, indicate his desire to increase the French labor market’s “flexibility.”
Europe, however, will not mediate over NMD; indeed, Europe is backpedaling from its earlier
opposition
to the scheme.
By defending the coca leaf, consumed for centuries in the Andean world and the raw material for cocaine, Morales was able to link his
opposition
to America’s anti-drug policy with the defense of native cultural tradition and the economic rights of the poor.
After all, any attempt to change rules and laws (such as labor legislation) that benefit established interest groups invites
opposition.
But mendacity and deception worthy of the dictators of the 1930s was certainly on display in the United Kingdom’s “Leave” campaign, and in the
opposition
to a Dutch referendum in April to approve an EU-Ukraine free-trade and association agreement.
While there are no armed
opposition
groups, the government has sponsored the creation of armed paramilitary groups, known locally as colectivos, charged with defending the “revolution.”
It claims that its
opposition
to a European defense structure stems from its belief that NATO – and thus the United States – is critical to European defense.
Moon’s conciliatory approach toward the North is relentlessly criticized by
opposition
parties in the National Assembly, and has caused tension with the US government.
Amnesty International’s appeal was met by a storm of
opposition
– some of it from people who were evidently failing to distinguish between the sex industry as a whole and the human trafficking that, in many countries, is a tragic part of it.
There was also
opposition
from some feminist organizations, which accused Amnesty of protecting “the rights of pimps and johns.”
But their
opposition
to change reflects not only a certain denial of reality.
Indeed, Sarkozy’s personal unpopularity plays a significant role in the continuing strength of the anti-reform
opposition.
To this end, he stripped the political system of competition, emasculated state institutions, marginalized the opposition, and basically eliminated public participation.
Disgruntlement over the increasingly authoritarian governance may be common among business circles, elements of the neutered political opposition, liberal intellectuals, and even part of the bureaucracy.
Already, he has ensured that the
opposition
leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of embezzlement, giving the government an excuse to bar him from the ballot.
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