The CCF leadership, including Stanley Knowles and Donovan Swailes, forcefully opposed Richards and Johnson's position.

Mr. Lopez has won the praise of many elected officials in Brooklyn, including some who forcefully opposed his election last October by the Brooklyn party's 41-member executive committee.

What do you think of the bill, particularly the ban on individual contributions that you forcefully opposed in the campaign?

Ms. Messinger, he said, did not forcefully oppose the cuts, while he was one of the few Council members to vote against them.

He was a One Nation Tory; he forcefully opposed racism and supported the European Union.

Feared and admired for his financial success, Mr. Karmazin is also a hero to radio executives for forcefully opposing the Federal Communications Commission's attempts to rein in Mr. Stern.

Many Republicans and some Democrats forcefully opposed the amendment, citing longstanding loathing for President Fidel Castro of Cuba and his policies.

As the principal manufacturers of synthetic psychotropics, and backed by a determined industry lobby, they forcefully opposed undue restrictions on medical research or the production and distribution of manufactured drugs.

This inadvertently led to a disastrous public forum, where most attendees forcefully opposed the project.

It should also be noted that there were bands of samurai that forcefully opposed the Americans and Europeans and their friends through murder and destruction.