"If there can be a safe, effective and controlled mechanism for distributing pharmaceuticals online that maintains the intellectual property of U.S. companies, we wouldn't be opposed to that, " he says.

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Bodine is willing to be that somebody and Steele isn't opposed to it.

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The public so overwhelmingly supported the reforms that Ms. Raimondo warned lawmakers who opposed them that they wouldn't be re-elected.

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While the U.S. delegation says it doesn't want to be an obstacle to a new agreement, Washington remains opposed to steps many other countries support, such as mandatory emissions cuts by rich nations and a target for limiting the rise in global temperatures.

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This will also be the part of the bill most opposed by the AFL-CIO because unions don't want more workers who don't belong to unions.

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Groups opposed to illegal immigration say they aren't worried that lawmakers or voters will be swayed by emotional messages, and argue that extending legal rights to immigrants living illegally in the U.S. will create financial problems for cash-starved governments and spur more illegal immigration.

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With Kinect, Microsoft thinks people generally opposed to complex console games will be more likely to give it a shot since it doesn't require manipulating a controller.

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But if managers, especially those of actively managed funds as opposed to index funds, didn't approve of management, they presumably wouldn't be holding continuing stakes in those companies in the first place.

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Case in point: When Kodak wanted to bring out a "single use" disposable camera, people within the company's film division vigorously opposed the move because the inexpensive plastic lenses used meant that the quality of the photographs wouldn't be as good as those taken by 35mm cameras.

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