In 1989 the proposals were being bitterly resisted by doctors and lawyers.

That is the basic purpose of the proposed rule, which has been bitterly resisted by some companies, particularly banks.

Officials said the city's five district attorneys were bitterly resisting proposed cuts to their agencies.

Any doctrine of collegiality at all was bitterly resisted by a small minority.

Both decisions will put pressure on other technology companies, many of which have bitterly resisted the idea of having to account for stock options.

At issue in the labor dispute are a wage package and new work rules that the unions have bitterly resisted.

Despite his dissatisfaction with his existence, he bitterly resists any move to turn him off.

So, yes, the insurance industry would bitterly resist.

The steel industry bitterly resisted unions until changes in the laws began to give workers the upper hand in the 1930's.

But plans for high-density housing are usually bitterly resisted by suburbanites because of the association with urban problems like poverty and crime.