After Bush angered European allies by opposing the treaty, the president pledged to come up with alternatives.
Mr Samaras annoyed Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and other European conservatives by opposing Greece's first bail-out.
They may not want to jeopardise their wealth and safety by opposing her.
His critics say he has made a name for himself by opposing everything, and he has no realistic policy programme.
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But why, then, do the stories and reports focused on this and similar other positive qualities become overshadowed by opposing commentary?
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The first was that many Americans thought the former community organiser had got it right by opposing the invasion of Iraq.
President Barack Obama, after earning what seemed to be anti-war bona fides by opposing the 2003 Iraq invasion, has driven this expansion.
Sussex Police said a counter-protest was held by opposing groups within the city as protesters made their way to Victoria Gardens for speeches.
Masayasu Kitagawa, the governor of Mie prefecture and a pioneer of the new confrontational style, won celebrity last year by opposing the construction of a nuclear power plant.
But Cano, especially, is a big name out on an island, and will likely be treated as such by opposing pitchers, who may pitch around him to face weaker hitters.
The complete lack of professionalism exhibited by opposing counsel?
Indeed, he has upset many conservatives in Schleswig-Holstein, by opposing their campaign to curb immigration, by backing the retention of mixed-ability secondary schools, and by arguing that drug addicts should be treated as sick people rather than as criminals.
By opposing disclosure of the risks to investors personal trading by portfolio managers poses, as well as disclosure of portfolio manager personal trading records and, when all else fails, invoking the attorney-client privilege to prevent investors from learning of illegal personal trading, the mutual fund industry has been able to maintain the illusion that such trading is rare and investors are not being harmed.
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What this mostly means is attack ads, financed by the opposing campaigns and their proxies.
Soon each side was questioning whether America could survive rule by the opposing party.
Leaders like Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon have acted as patriots by actively opposing it.
The FSA could be drawn into takeover battles as a delaying tactic by those opposing the bid.
Observing the ruckus, researchers decided to ask students at each school to report the number of infractions committed by the opposing team.
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One player a promising rookie cornerback while covering a kickoff, honed in on the returner when he was blindsided by an opposing blocker with a helmet-to-helmet hit.
In my judgment, there are no circumstances that would justify the United States using nuclear weapons unless those weapons were used first by an opposing power.
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Each is using e-mail alerts, blogs and staffs of researchers and political pundits to refute statements by the opposing candidate over the airwaves and the Internet.
On the field, and before the ball is snapped, players are communicating back and forth as the offensive or defensive formations are seen by the opposing side.
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They argued that both the code and the panel had a proven track record and warned the FSA could be drawn into takeover battles as a delaying tactic by those opposing the bid.
But they said the majority went too far by ruling that the requirement applies to other kinds opt-out fee collections as well, which they said was never argued or briefed by the opposing parties.
Thanks as well to an echo chamber it enjoys from a retinue of prominent American Middle East experts, an authority on Iranian matters has been conferred on NIAC that is unmatched by any opposing organization in the United States.
Unlike the traditional "drift" defense, in which defenders take a few steps towards the opposition and then follow the ball across the field, the rush attempts to limit the supply of easy yards by stopping opposing runners in their tracks.
The choices being presented to voters by the two opposing campaigns have been simple and emotive.
One by one, opposing defenses have found that out the hard way.
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