To the extent a strong family structure does play a role, it has left Sampson understandably mystified why the most strident opponents of immigration so often come from the right.

Of all of America's allies, France was the most strident opponent of the American-led war against Iraq and the occupation.

Broyhill was a strident opponent of integration.

Wilshire was a political supporter of John Dunmore Lang and a strident opponent of the reintroduction of transportation.

Proposal Called 'Overkill' Brian D. Fitzgerald, an investment executive from Greenwich, was one of the most strident opponents.

Leopold Kronecker remained a strident opponent to Cantor's set theory:

Menzel was a strident opponent of innovation in poetry and in particular of Heinrich Heine.

A candidate with a good issue can even lure away those who back his strident, single-issue opponent.

Geert Wilders is known as strident opponent to further Islamic immigration to the Netherlands.

In the same statement, Nailatikau spoke highly of Military commander Frank Bainimarama (q.v.), another strident opponent of the legislation.