Even some who had initially declared firm opposition to the bid softened over time.
On Tuesday, China expressed firm opposition to the test but called for a calm response by all sides.
The Foreign Ministry expressed "firm opposition" to Pyongyang's third test in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, but did not specify further action.
You know, it reinforces his firm opposition to the single currency and even suggests Britain should join the American-led North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement.
China - which backed the UN condemnation - summoned North Korea's ambassador in Beijing to express "firm opposition" to the test, the foreign ministry said.
China expressed "firm opposition" to its ally's test, urging the North to honour its commitment to denuclearisation and "not take any actions which might worsen the situation".
It is due to receive a new hearing soon in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, whose conservative chairman, Jesse Helms, has dropped his once-firm opposition to the measure.
As in 2006 and 2009, in near-identical language, the foreign ministry expressed "firm opposition" to the test, called on Pyongyang not to provoke further, and urged everyone else to keep calm and carry on.
That made it safe for Republicans to stand firm in opposition and risky for Democrats from swing districts to support it.
But his attempt to turn it back into a private firm has faced opposition.
It could also help firm up GOP opposition to more expansive legislation including background checks.
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Twelve days later, a man working for a political opposition-research firm called an Idaho courthouse for Mr. VanderSloot's divorce records.
Opposition checkpoints were holding firm in sizeable areas of Tripoli.
Although it is often said that opposition parties should not risk taking firm stands on policy, Mr Hague is intent on developing some new ideas.
Last month, opposition parliamentarians objected to AngloGold as a meddling foreign firm.
The firm, run by noted value investors Mason Hawkins and Staley Cates, voiced strong opposition to the Dell deal last week.
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Thomas Frist says he will immediately end doctor-hospital partnerships (and dismantle existing ones), tone down Columbia's high-pressure marketing tactics and limit the firm's expansion into communities where Columbia has met (and often steamrollered) local opposition.
Both Conservative and Liberal Democrat opposition councillors said they would wait to see "the devil in the detail" before coming to any firm decisions on the budget proposals.
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